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Power and Illness
Daniel M. Fox
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Description for Power and Illness
Paperback. During most of this century, American health policy has emphasized caring for acute conditions rather than preventing and managing chronic illness. This book explains why this has been so and offers a forceful argument for fundamental change in national health care priorities. It discusses ideas about illness and health care. Num Pages: 192 pages, 18 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPQB; MBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 45.
During most of this century, American health policy has emphasized caring for acute conditions rather than preventing and managing chronic illness - even though chronic illness has caused most sickness and death since the 1920s. In this provocative and wide-ranging book, Daniel Fox explains why this has been so and offers a forceful argument for fundamental change in national health care priorities. Fox discusses how ideas about illness and health care, as well as the power of special interest groups, have shaped the ways in which Americans have treated illness. Those who make health policy decisions have increased support for ... Read more
During most of this century, American health policy has emphasized caring for acute conditions rather than preventing and managing chronic illness - even though chronic illness has caused most sickness and death since the 1920s. In this provocative and wide-ranging book, Daniel Fox explains why this has been so and offers a forceful argument for fundamental change in national health care priorities. Fox discusses how ideas about illness and health care, as well as the power of special interest groups, have shaped the ways in which Americans have treated illness. Those who make health policy decisions have increased support for ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520201514
SKU
V9780520201514
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About Daniel M. Fox
Daniel M. Fox is President of the Milbank Memorial Fund. His many books include Health Politics, Health Policies: The Experience of Britain and America, 1911-1965 (1986) and, as coeditor, AIDS: The Making of a Chronic Disease (California, 1992), and AIDS: The Burdens of History (California, 1988).
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