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  • ISBN13: 9780071496063
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An engaging and clinically applicable work on the principles and structure of the U.S. healthcare system

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"Eminently readable...Anyone wanting to gain insight into the forces this shaping health policy and the future of health care will appreciate this book."--Critical Care Nurse Magazine

Understanding Health Policy is the excellent-written, much informative book available on the subject--and it's the #1 choice for healthcare students and professionals alike. The authors carefully weave key principles, descriptions, and concrete examples into chapters this do important health policy issues together interesting and understandable.

Fully updated to reflect existing issues in the ever-varying world of healthcare, the newest edition addresses all the topics this affect you much, from the structure and organization of the industry to issues regarding government and private insurance, to access to healthcare.

Everything you want to comprehend how the healthcare system works - and your role in it:

  • Clinical vignettes in each chapter illustrate key points
  • Detailed treatment of together U.S. and international issues
  • A complete chapter of review questions
  • NEW Extended coverage of healthcare workers other than physicians
  • NEW Closer scrutiny of the pharmaceutical industry
  • NEW Brand-new chapter on the medical education system

Customer Reviews
Customer rating is 5 of 5  To the point, thorough and easy to read   2009-09-16
By Mutantatoms (Midwest, USA)
This was a required reading, and well worth it. It helped to clarify many ideas on health policy and the difficulties of each veiwpoint. Great summary on other types of healthcare systems around the world. I'm keeping this as a board review/reference book for myself.
Customer rating is 1 of 5  Informative but partisan   2009-08-20
By M. Anderson (USA)
I am reading this book for a course I am currently taking. While there is a good deal to be learned in terms of information, you have to be careful to separate the authors' opinions from facts practically throughout. The authors are at least kind enough to warn the reader at the outset that they "believe that health care should be a right enjoyed equally by everyone". In Chapter 13, which is on ethics, they advocate the idea of "distributive justice". The authors use many "vignettes" throughout the text to illustrate their points as well, but they tend to cloud reason because they are often emotionally charged. There are many ways in which liberal ideology insinuates itself throughout the text. Fine if you already have a liberal point of view, I suppose, but annoying to the student trying to separate fact from liberal-oriented opinion. I do not recommend this book.

Customer rating is 5 of 5  Excellent Text   2009-06-28
By Robert Weisberger (Richmond, VA USA)
I teach healthcare policy and am currently using this text. It does a great job covering the important issues. It's quite readable, as a new edition very topical and, through the use of vignettes, humanizes the consequences of policy decisions. It also has questions keyed to each chapter for assignment use. It is not an academic text and I am supplementing with articles (many of which can be found in the excellent references section following the chapters) as well as articles from news sources. Recommend highly.
Customer rating is 5 of 5  Understanding Health Policy, Bodenheimer and Grumbach   2009-05-11
By Bradford Burnett (San Diego, CA)
An excellent explanation of the current status of the American health care issues. Up to date data is an extra.
Customer rating is 4 of 5  concise!!   2009-02-14
By Matthew M. Nelson (southwestern US)
Very concise overview of health policy, which makes it a perfect read for the many US med students who are only interested in a superficial understanding of complex social processes.


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