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Book SynopsisShows how historical perspectives can help policymakers avoid the pitfalls of partisan, as well as how knowledge of previous systems can offer alternatives when policy directions seem unclear. This book uncovers the unstated assumptions that shape the way we think about technology, the role of government, and contemporary medicine.
Trade ReviewThis rich array of essays shows how the lens of history can clarify contemporary health policy dilemmas and enable the reader to see ahead more clearly. -- Harvey V. Fineberg * President, Institute of Medicine *
This rich array of essays shows how the lens of history can clarify contemporary health policy dilemmas and enable the reader to see ahead more clearly. -- Harvey V. Fineberg * President, Institute of Medicine *
This is an important book for those wrestling with the appropriate role of markets in U.S. health policy because it helps to explain why the U.S. doesn't achieve a high performance health system that generates value for money spent. -- Karen Davis * President, The Commonwealth Fund *
A refreshing antidote for those finding it difficult to envision a better future for health care in America because they are trapped in the present. By focusing on history, this excellent book helps us all to better understand the subtle relationship between values, institutions, economics, and medicine that shapes our health system. -- Stuart M Butler * Vice-President for Domestic Policy, The Heritage Foundation *
Table of ContentsForeword by David Mechanic
Acknowledgments
Introduction by Rosemary A. Stevens
Part I: Actors and Interpretations Chapter 1 - Anticipated Consequences: Historians, History, and Health Policy by Charles E. Rosenberg
Chapter 2 - The More Things Stay the Same the More They Change: The Odd Interplay between Government and Ideology in the Recent Political History of the U.S. Health-Care System by Lawrence D. Brown
Chapter 3 - Medical Specialization as American Health Policy: Interweaving Public and Private Roles by Rosemary A. Stevens
Part II: Rhetoric, Rights, Responsibilities Chapter 4 - Patients of Health-Care Consumers? Why the History of Contested Terms Matters by Nancy Tomes
Chapter 5 - The Democratization of Privacy: Public-Health Surveillance and Changing Conceptions of Privacy in Twentieth-Century America by Amy L. Fairchild
Chapter 6 - Building a Toxic Environment: Historical Controversies over the Past and Future of Public Health by Gerald Markowitz and David Rosner
Part III: Priorities and Politics Chapter 7 - Situating Health Risks: An Opportunity for Disease-Prevention Policy by Robert A. Aronowitz
Chapter 8 - The Jewel in the Federal Crown? History, Politics, and the National Institutes of Health by Robert Cook-Deegan and Michael McGeary
Chapter 9 - A Marriage of Convenience: The Persistent and Changing Relationship between Long-Term Care and Medicaid by Colleen M. Grogan
Part IV: Policy Management and Results Chapter 10 - Rhetoric, Realities, and the Plight of the Mentally Ill in America by David Mechanic and Gerald N. Grob
Chapter 11 - Emergency Rooms: The Reluctant Safety Net by Beatrix Hoffman
Chapter 12 - Policy Implications of Hospital System Failures: The Allegheny Bankruptcy by Lawton R. Burns and Alexandra P. Burns
Chapter 13 - The Rise and Decline of the HMO: A Chapter in U.S. Health-Policy History by Bradford H. Gray
Contributors
Index
