This is the textbook of choice for an overview of the US health care system. The contributors address emergent and recurring issues -- such as national and local health care reform, primary prevention, Healthy People 2000, alternative medicine, multicultural issues, hospital organization, OBRA, DSM-IV, ethics, physician-assisted suicide -- with a complete public health and health policy perspective. The sixth edition is fully updated, comprehensive, and classroom user-friendly. Each chapter now includes learning objectives, ...
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This is the textbook of choice for an overview of the US health care system. The contributors address emergent and recurring issues -- such as national and local health care reform, primary prevention, Healthy People 2000, alternative medicine, multicultural issues, hospital organization, OBRA, DSM-IV, ethics, physician-assisted suicide -- with a complete public health and health policy perspective. The sixth edition is fully updated, comprehensive, and classroom user-friendly. Each chapter now includes learning objectives, a topical outline, a list of key terms, and mini-case studies for further discussion.
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