| Description |
1 online resource (xxi, 530 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: public opinion on health policy -- Trust in government and health care institutions -- Attitudes about the U.S. health system and priorities for government action -- Attitudes about health care costs -- The uninsured and efforts to expand coverage -- The Massachusetts health reform law: a case study -- Medicare and Medicaid -- Public opinion on prescription drugs -- Quality of care and medical errors -- Attitudes about HIV/AIDS -- Attitudes about abortion -- Attitudes about stem cell research -- End-of-life care -- Public opinion and obesity -- Emerging infectious diseases -- Pandemic influenza -- Americans' views about racial and ethnic health care disparities -- The views of African Americans and Hispanics on health policy -- Women's perspectives on health care policy -- Elections, partisan views, and health policy -- Public opinion on health care reform through the prism of Obama's 2009-2010 reform effort -- Index. |
| Note |
Description based on print version record. |
| Summary |
Objective analysis and comprehensive data on Americans' attitudes about key health-care issues |
| Note |
GMD: electronic resource. |
| Subject |
Health surveys -- United States.
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Medical care -- United States -- Public opinion.
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| Added Author |
Blendon, Robert.
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| ISBN |
9781608712502 electronic bk. |
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1608712508 electronic bk. |
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