Governing Health - The Politics of Health Policy

Examines health care policy from a political perspective and describes how Congress, the president, special interest groups and state governments help to define health policy problems and politically feasible solutions. This title provides synthesis of political science research on how government and private institutions affect the policy process.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

William G. Weissert is a professor of political science at Florida State University and a professor emeritus at University of Michigan School of Public Health. Carol S. Weissert is the LeRoy Collins Eminent Scholar and a professor of political science at Florida State University.

Zusammenfassung

Extensive reviews of the policies that have governed health care since Lyndon Johnson's administration are capped off with a prognosis for the future.Updates to the fourth edition of Governing Health include ; new examples and theory perspectives; recent statistics; discussion of the 2010 Obama health reform

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Carol S. Weissert, Carol S. (Collins Eminent Scholar Chair Weissert, William G. Weissert, William G. (Professor Weissert, William G. Weissert Weissert, William G./ Weissert Weissert
• Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Altersempfehlung: 18 bis 22 Jahre
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 21.08.2012
• EAN: 9781421406206
• ISBN: 978-1-4214-0620-6
• Seiten: 408
• Themen: Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik > Medizin > Allgemeines; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Politikwissenschaft > Politische Wissenschaft und Politische Bildung