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History and Health Policy in the United States Rosemary A. Stevens

History and Health Policy in the United States By Rosemary A. Stevens

History and Health Policy in the United States by Rosemary A. Stevens


Summary

Shows 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.

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History and Health Policy in the United States Summary

History and Health Policy in the United States: Putting the Past Back In by Rosemary A. Stevens

In our rapidly advancing scientific and technological world, many take great pride and comfort in believing that we are on the threshold of new ways of thinking, living, and understanding ourselves. But despite dramatic discoveries that appear in every way to herald the future, legacies still carry great weight. Even in swiftly developing fields such as health and medicine, most systems and policies embody a sequence of earlier ideas and preexisting patterns.

In History and Health Policy in the United States, seventeen leading scholars of history, the history of medicine, bioethics, law, health policy, sociology, and organizational theory make the case for the usefulness of history in evaluating and formulating health policy today. In looking at issues as varied as the consumer economy, risk, and the plight of the uninsured, the contributors uncover the often unstated assumptions that shape the way we think about technology, the role of government, and contemporary medicine. They show how historical perspectives can help policymakers avoid the pitfalls of partisan, outdated, or merely fashionable approaches, as well as how knowledge of previous systems can offer alternatives when policy directions seem unclear.

Together, the essays argue that it is only by knowing where we have been that we can begin to understand health services today or speculate on policies for tomorrow.

History and Health Policy in the United States Reviews

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 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 *

About Rosemary A. Stevens

Rosemary A. Stevens is DeWitt Wallace distinguished scholar in social medicine and public policy at Weill Cornell Medical College and professor emerita of the history and sociology of science at the University of Pennsylvania.

Charles E. Rosenberg is a professor of the history of science and Ernest E. Monrad Professor in the social sciences at Harvard University.

Lawton R. Burns is the James Joo-Jin Kim Professor of health care systems at the University of Pennsylvania.

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CIN0813538386G
9780813538389
0813538386
History and Health Policy in the United States: Putting the Past Back In by Rosemary A. Stevens
Used - Good
Paperback
Rutgers University Press
2006-06-01
376
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