Health Politics and Policy (A volume in the Delmar Health Services Administration Series)

by Theodor J. Litman

This book, in it's third edition, offers faculty and students in both the health and policy sciences a comprehensive and analytical overview of the historic and contemporary involvement of government and politics in the development of health policy. Chapters are organized around four major focus areas. The first places health politics and policy within an historical, social, and economic perspective. Part two focuses on an exploration of the interface...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0827367767
• ISBN13: 9780827367760
• Release Date: March 1997
• Publisher: Delmar Cengage Learning
• Length: 672 Pages
• Weight: 2.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 9.3" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

A must for students of health care policy

This is an absolute buy for students of health policy in all its aspects. It takes the reader through all areas of health care and policy, from its legislative process to its impact on society. It discusses the socio-economic costs of health care policies adopted by the US government at various times. If you are thinking of studying health care or you want to get introduced to the topic this is the book for you. It will hold your interest and give you a sufficient back ground on the development of US health care policy from a historical as well as contemporary point of view.