History and Health Policy in the United States: Putting the Past Back In

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History and Health Policy in the United States Critical Issues in Health and Medicine Edited by Rima Apple, University of Wisconsin–Madison, and Janet A. Golden, Rutgers University, Camden Growing criticism of the U.S. healthcare system is coming from consumers, politicians, the media, activists, and healthcare professionals. Critical Issues in Health and Medicine is a collection of books that explores these contemporary dilemmas from a variety of perspectives, among them political, legal, historical, sociological, and comparative, and with attention to crucial dimensions such as race, gender, ethnicity, sexuality, and culture. Rutgers University Press New Brunswick, New Jersey, and London History and Health Policy in the United States Putting the Past Back In Edited by Rosemary A. Stevens, Charles E. Rosenberg, and Lawton R. Burns Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data History and health policy in the United States : putting the past back in / edited by Rosemary A. Stevens, Charles E. Rosenberg, and Lawton R. Burns. p. ; cm. — (Critical issues in health and medicine) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN-13: 978-0-8135-3837-2 (cloth : alk. paper) ISBN-13: 978-0-8135-3838-9 (pbk : alk. paper) 1. Medical policy—United States—History. I. Stevens, Rosemary, 1935– . II. Rosenberg, Charles E. III. Burns, Lawton R. IV. Series. RA395.A3H57 2006 362.1'0973—dc22 2005023051 A British Cataloging-in-Publication record for this book is available from the British Library. This collection copyright © 2006 by Rutgers, The State University Individual chapters copyright © 2006 in the names of their authors All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without written permission from the publisher. Please contact Rutgers University Press, 100 Joyce Kilmer Avenue, Piscataway, NJ 08854–8099. The only exception to this prohibition is “fair use” as defined by U.S. copyright law. Manufactured in the United States of America ...