The Nation's Health
Author: Rosemarie Rizzo Pars
Edited by two of the nation's leading health and aging policy experts, Philip R. Lee and Carroll L. Estes, the seventh edition of The Nation's Health critically examines the nation's health; the determinants of health; the roles of both public health care (population-based intervention) and personal health care; and the role of the community in protecting and assuring the health of the population. Rather than merely focusing on the care of the sick or the financing of care and public health, this text looks at the complex web of issues, policies, controversies, and proposed solutions that surround health policy, public health, community health, and health care in the United States.
Bernard J. Turnock
The latest edition of this book is an outstanding collection of articles and essays on the American health system. More than two dozen separate topics are addressed by an impressive panel of contributors. The book's purpose is to provide an understanding of the health problems facing the U.S. in the 1990s, and especially those problems that have brought the system to the brink of significant reform in the organization, financing, and provision of health services. These worthy objectives are achieved as this book provides an excellent foundation for understanding both the problems facing the provision of health services as well as the underlying determinants of health and illness in American society. Many audiences will find this book useful and interesting. These include students of health policy and health administration, as well as many professionals and leaders in the field of health services. The authors are very credible -- the senior author is the current Assistant Secretary for Health in the Clinton Administration -- and the contributors are a diverse selection of national policy experts. The technical features of this book, including illustrations, table of contents and index, are adequate. The references and recommended related readings are an excellent feature of this fourth edition. The need for a new edition is apparent in view of the current interest and recent debate over the form and content of health reform in America. Overall, this is an excellent and important contribution to the field. It is a must purchase for health libraries and must reading for those seriously engaged in thinking and planning for an enhanced health system for the U.S.
Nancy J. Stiles
This is a collection of concise articles covering the major health care issues and challenges of the 1990's. This is the fifth edition; the fourth edition was published in 1994. The purpose is to address the latest developments in the nation's health care system. The authors clearly meet this important goal. The book is relevant to a multidisciplinary audience interested in our nation's health. The editors and contributors meet the objectives of the text and all are readily acknowledged experts in their field. References are recent and from relevant well-respected sources. The overall appearance of the book is pleasing and its compact size facilitates portability. The table of contents is well organized into four parts. The brevity of the articles makes it easy for the reader to be updated on current issues quickly. The articles cover major healthcare issues and evolving challenges of the 1990s. Particular attention is given to healthcare reform, managed care, and women's health. Unfortunately some articles are covered too superficially.
Doody Review Services
Reviewer: Nancy J. Stiles, MD (University of Kentucky College of Medicine)
Description: This is a collection of concise articles covering the major health care issues and challenges of the 1990's. This is the fifth edition; the fourth edition was published in 1994.
Purpose: The purpose is to address the latest developments in the nation's health care system. The authors clearly meet this important goal.
Audience: The book is relevant to a multidisciplinary audience interested in our nation's health. The editors and contributors meet the objectives of the text and all are readily acknowledged experts in their field.
Features: References are recent and from relevant well-respected sources. The overall appearance of the book is pleasing and its compact size facilitates portability. The table of contents is well organized into four parts.
Assessment: The brevity of the articles makes it easy for the reader to be updated on current issues quickly. The articles cover major healthcare issues and evolving challenges of the 1990s. Particular attention is given to healthcare reform, managed care, and women's health. Unfortunately some articles are covered too superficially.
Booknews
A compendium of articles overviewing factors affecting the health of Americans. Topics discussed include tobacco, AIDS, the rationing of healthcare, preventive care, and the relationship between socioeconomic class and health. This new edition offers increased emphasis on public health and on women's health and aging. For students and professionals in health policy, public health, nursing, and medicine. Lee is affiliated with the Institute for Policy Studies. Estes is founding director of the Institute for Health and Aging at the University of California-San Francisco. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Rating
4 Stars! from Doody
Table of Contents:
| Preface | ||
| Introduction | ||
| Acknowledgments | ||
| Pt. 1 | Health of the Nation and Determinants of Health | 1 |
| Ch. 1 | The Health of the Nation | 3 |
| Article 1 | Trends in Mortality in the Twentieth Century | 9 |
| Article 2 | Healthy People 2010 Objectives | 30 |
| Ch. 2 | Determinants of Health | 49 |
| Article 1 | Determinants of Health | 57 |
| Article 2 | Socioeconomic Disparities in Health in the United States: An Agenda for Action | 65 |
| Article 3 | Race or Class versus Race and Class: Mortality Differentials in the United States | 79 |
| Pt. 2 | Health Policy and the Politics of Health | 85 |
| Ch. 3 | Health Policy | 87 |
| Article 1 | Health Care and Health Care Policy in a Changing World | 93 |
| Article 2 | The Process of Public Policymaking: A Conceptual Model | 109 |
| Article 3 | Chronic Condition: Why Health Reform Fails | 116 |
| Article 4 | Decentralization, Devolution, and the Deficit: The Changing Role of the State and the Community | 129 |
| Ch. 4 | Ethics, Values, and Ideology | 143 |
| Article 1 | Ethics in the Political Marketplace | 151 |
| Article 2 | A National Bill of Patients' Rights | 157 |
| Article 3 | Health Care as a Social Good: Trauma Care and "The Kindness of Strangers" | 166 |
| Ch. 5 | The Politics of Health | 181 |
| Article 1 | The New Politics of U.S. Health Policy | 186 |
| Article 2 | The Politics of Long-Term Care Reform Under the Clinton Health Plan: Lessons for the Future | 206 |
| Pt. 3 | Public Health, Clinical Preventive Services, and the Emerging Collaboration of Medicine and Public Health | 215 |
| Ch. 6 | Public Health, Clinical Preventive Services, and the Emerging Collaboration of Medicine and Public Health | 217 |
| Article 1 | Ten Great Public Health Achievements - United States, 1900-1999 | 225 |
| Article 2 | Motor-Vehicle Safety: a 20th Century Public Health Achievement | 228 |
| Article 3 | Achievements in Public Health, 1900-1999: Control of Infectious Diseases | 233 |
| Article 4 | Achievements in Public Health, 1900-1999: Decline in Deaths from Heart Disease and Stroke - United States, 1900-1999 | 240 |
| Article 5 | Guide to Clinical Preventive Services | 247 |
| Article 6 | Medicine and Public Health: The Power of Collaboration | 262 |
| Pt. 4 | Health Insurance and Health Care Systems | 303 |
| Ch. 7 | The Health Insurance System | 305 |
| Article 1 | Health Insurance Coverage: Consumer Income | 313 |
| Article 2 | The American Health Care System: Health Insurance Coverage | 321 |
| Article 3 | The American Health Care System: Employer-Sponsored Health Coverage | 331 |
| Ch. 8 | Medicare and Medicaid | 341 |
| Article 1 | The American Health Care System: Medicare | 349 |
| Article 2 | Rethinking Medicare Reform | 363 |
| Article 3 | Medicare: Considerations for Adding a Prescription Drug Benefit | 379 |
| Article 4 | The American Health Care System: Medicaid | 389 |
| Article 5 | Medicare and Medicaid for the Elderly and Disabled Poor | 403 |
| Article 6 | Medicaid's Role for Children | 408 |
| Ch. 9 | Managed Care | 413 |
| Article 1 | Consumer Protection in Managed Care: A Third-Generation Approach | 417 |
| Article 2 | Medicaid and Managed Care | 426 |
| Article 3 | The Uncertain Future of Managed Care | 430 |
| Ch. 10 | Quality of Health Care | 435 |
| Article 1 | The American Health Care System: The Movement for Improved Quality in Health Care | 441 |
| Article 2 | Health System Reform and Quality | 452 |
| Pt. 5 | Women's Health and Aging | 467 |
| Ch. 11 | Women's Health and Aging | 469 |
| Article 1 | Women in the Health Care System | 475 |
| Article 2 | Gender and Race Bias in Medical Treatment | 483 |
| Article 3 | Writing a New National Prescription for Women's Health in the 21st Century | 490 |
| Article 4 | Health Concerns Across a Woman's Lifespan: The Commonwealth Fund 1998 Survey of Women's Health | 503 |
| Article 5 | Medicare: A Women's Issue | 514 |
| Article 6 | Aging and Gender: A New Voice on the Women's Health Agenda | 523 |
| Recommended Reading | 547 | |
| Index | 557 |
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