Health Care Politics, Policy, and Services (eBook)

A Social Justice Approach

Tina Sacks, Emmeline Chuang, Angela Perone (Autoren)

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2025 | 4., Fourth Edition, New Edition
324 Seiten
Springer Publishing Company (Verlag)
978-0-8261-5052-3 (ISBN)

Infos

The fourth edition illuminates the ethical, practical, and moral elements of how Americans distribute health care resources.

The fourth edition of Health Care Politics, Policy, and Services offers a comprehensive overview of the U.S. health care system, tracing its historical roots and examining how care is delivered and financed, especially for older adults and individuals with disabilities. It delves into key topics such as social determinants of health, social epidemiology, and the impact of racial inequities on health outcomes. The content is framed through major social justice theories, including Rawlsian, Marxist, Indigenous, and Black feminist perspectives. Contemporary issues like the COVID-19 pandemic and evolving reproductive health policies are used to ground these concepts in real-world application.

New to the Fourth Edition:

• Review revised chapters on theories of justice, disability, aging, health inequity, and health care reform.


• Assess the nation's current health needs, disparities, and emerging explanations for these inequities.


• Analyze recent shifts in long-term care, end-of-life care, and initiatives to reduce health disparities.


• Utilize enhanced instructor resources featuring chapter synopses, learning objectives, key concepts, discussion questions, and writing assignments.

Key Features:

• Explore expanded theoretical perspectives on social justice in the context of health care.


• Apply updated data on social determinants of health through case studies.


• Discover the latest insights into the financing and organization of the U.S. health care system.


• Analyze revised content on disability and aging, with attention to the growing needs of an aging population.


• Understand how social and economic factors shape health outcomes across diverse communities.

Inhalt

Acknowledgments

Preface

Chapter 1. A Primer on Theories of Social Justice and Defining the Problem of Health Care

Chapter 2. The Historical Evolvement of the U.S. Health Care System

Chapter 3. The Contemporary Organization of Health Care: Health Care Finance

Chapter 4. The Contemporary Organization of Health Care: Health Care Services and Utilization

Chapter 5. Long-Term Care for Older Adults and Adults with Disabilities

Chapter 6. Disparities in Health and Health Care

Chapter 7. Social Epidemiology: Unraveling the Social Determinants of Disparities in Health

Chapter 8. Prospects for Just Health Care System Reform: A Political and Principled Analysis

Glossary

Index

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.11.2025
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik
• Schlagworte: healthcare and politics • health care political • health politics policy and law • policy and politics in nursing and healthcare • politics and healthcare • politics in healthcare • Social justice health care
• ISBN-10: 0-8261-5052-7 / 0826150527
• ISBN-13: 978-0-8261-5052-3 / 9780826150523