Learning Lessons - Medicine, Economics, and Public Policy

Informationen zum Autor Rashi Fein Klappentext A work on the policy process. It discusses the considerations advisers have in mind as they develop and select policy alternatives! the ways each of us might want to think about making decisions! and the lessons we should remember in order to minimize avoidable errors. Zusammenfassung This is a book about the policy process Inhaltsverzeichnis AcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. The Time to Change the Rules is Before the Game Begins2. The Meaning and Infl uence of WordsWords! Attitudes! and BehaviorThe Impact of Unexpected LanguageSame Words! but Different MeaningsContext MattersPhysicians and Social Scientists: A ContrastThere's Rationing and There's Rationing3. Defining the Policy Options and IssuesShould Politics Affect Policy?Asking the Correct QuestionSome Changes Take TimeIs Everything Connected?4. Knowing the "Other"Learning from the "Non-Expert"Experience CountsWe All Play Many RolesComments that Increase Our Understanding5. Four LessonsThe Known Drives Out the AbstractNot Everyone Thinks Like an EconomistPolitics Trumps Rational EconomicsKeep It SimpleEpilogueOne Person Can Make a DifferenceNotesIndex

Product details

• Authors: Rashi Fein, Fein Rashi
• Publisher: Transaction Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.02.2010
• EAN: 9781412810807
• ISBN: 978-1-4128-1080-7
• No. of pages: 204
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics; HEALTH & FITNESS / Health Care Issues, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General, Health economics