Health Policy and Ethics

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• Name: Health Policy and Ethics
• Brand: Pharmpress
• Description: Fincham, JackFirst editionScheduled closure of pharmpress.comJack Fincham - Professor of Pharmacy Practice and Administration, School of Pharmacy, University of Missouri – Kansas City, Missouri, USAISBN 978 0 85369 838 8Published Jun 2011Paperback 234 x 156mm (320pp)DESCRIPTION: This text provides comprehensive, concise coverage of international health policy and ethics. It explains health policy and its influencers, and how policy directly affects health and health care. The book has an in-depth review of pertinent background concepts, current issues, future needs and assessments. Coverage includes: - health care systems, policies, impacts and influencers - health care quality concerns - justice and access to care - social and cultural issues - regulatory actions - global public health problems. Health Policy and Ethics is an essential resource for graduate students in pharmacy administration, social pharmacy and health policy, PharmD students, and those involved in health policy decision making. Health Policy and Ethics is also available as an eBook. CONTENTS: 1. Introduction: the growing disparity of excess and deprivation in healthcare 2. Health care systems and health policy 3. Quality issues 4. Justice and access to care 5. Social and cultural issues in healthcare 6. Varying organizational roles 7. Reimbursement issues 8. Health policy and regulatory actions - focus on tobacco 9. Global public health and ethical issues 10. Key policy issues 11. Health impacts and health policy influencers 12. Summary, global health, and global health policy

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• Color/Form: 234 x 156mm