Publisher's Synopsis
The volume helps medical students and clinicians understand the system in which they practice: how it came about, how they fit into it, its problems, its future, and potential solutions. Because our health care system is in flux and the issues involved are complex and controversial, the need for a simple guide to the basics of health care policy will continue to grow as the national debate on health reform heats up.;The market for such a guide includes not only medical students and physicians, but nurses, social workers, allied health professionals, and public policy and health students and practitioners. Many medical schools are currently designing new courses in health care policy in which this book should be useful.
