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U.S. health policy and politics : a documentary history / Kevin Hillstrom.
Van Pelt Library RA395.A3 H555 2012
By Request
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hillstrom, Kevin, 1963-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Medical policy--United States--History.
- Medical policy.
- Medical laws and legislation.
- History.
- United States.
- Medical laws and legislation--United States--History.
- Health Policy--history.
- Delivery of Health Care--history.
- Health Policy--legislation & jurisprudence.
- History, Modern 1601-.
- Politics.
- Medical Subjects:
- Health Policy--history.
- United States.
- Delivery of Health Care--history.
- Health Policy--legislation & jurisprudence.
- History, Modern 1601-.
- Politics.
- Physical Description:
- xxiii, 717 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Thousand Oaks, Calif. : CQ Press, [2012]
- Summary:
- This is a chronologically-organized collection of some 150 historical documents, from governmental and nongovernmental sources, shedding light on the evolution of health policy and politics in the United States. The documents are presented in ten chapters, each covering a different period from 1600 to 2010 and each including introductory notes providing historical context. The topical scope of the documents can perhaps be demonstrated by listing the headings from the volume's thematic table of contents: abortion and family planning; court cases; disease prevention and public health; end-of-life issues; environmental issues and food safety; health care reform efforts under Barack Obama; health care reform efforts under Bill Clinton; health insurance, health care reform, and medical costs; health professionals and medical education; health services for special groups; HIV and AIDS; hospitals; medical research; Medicare and Medicaid; mental health; pharmaceuticals and vaccines; social security; and tobacco. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
- Contents:
- Health care and medical practice in the new world (1600-1800)
- Health care and regulation in antebellum America (1800-1860)
- The professionalization of American medicine (1860-1890)
- Health care in the progressive era (1890-1920)
- The struggle over health insurance between the wars (1920-1940)
- Partisan jousting over health care in the postwar era (1940-1960)
- Medicare changes the health care landscape (1960-1980)
- Restraining health care costs in the age of Reagan (1980-1990)
- The Clinton health plan and scorched-earth politics (1990-2000)
- Controversial policy prescriptions for American health care (2000-2010).
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 1608710262
- 9781608710263
- OCLC:
- 693809392
- Publisher Number:
- 99946216954
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