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Cries of Crisis: Rethinking the Health Care Debate
Robert B. Hackey
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Description for Cries of Crisis: Rethinking the Health Care Debate
Paperback. A provocative analysis of America s efforts toward health care reform" Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: JPP; MBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 277.
Health care in the United States has been described as a system in crisis since the late 1960s. No matter their position, those seeking to improve the system have relied on the rhetoric of crisis to build support for their preferred remedies, to the point where the language and imagery of a health care crisis are now deeply embedded in contemporary politics and popular culture. In Cries of Crisis, Robert B. Hackey analyzes media coverage, political speeches, films, and television shows to demonstrate the role that language and symbolism have played in framing the health care debate, shaping policy making, ... Read more
Health care in the United States has been described as a system in crisis since the late 1960s. No matter their position, those seeking to improve the system have relied on the rhetoric of crisis to build support for their preferred remedies, to the point where the language and imagery of a health care crisis are now deeply embedded in contemporary politics and popular culture. In Cries of Crisis, Robert B. Hackey analyzes media coverage, political speeches, films, and television shows to demonstrate the role that language and symbolism have played in framing the health care debate, shaping policy making, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Nevada Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Reno, United States
ISBN
9780874179774
SKU
V9780874179774
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About Robert B. Hackey
Robert B. Hackey is a professor of health and policy management at Providence College and a visiting fellow at the Pell Center for International Relations and Public Policy at Salve Regina University in Rhode Island, USA. He is the author of Rethinking Health Care Policy: The New Politics of State Regulation and other books.
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