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Table of contents, preface and acknowledgements

Introduction
David Mechanic, Lynn B. Rogut, David C. Colby and James R. Knickman

Part I: The Context of Health and Health Care Policy

Morality, Politics, and Health Policy
James A. Morone

Cross Pressures: The Contemporary Politics of Health Reform
Theda Skocpol and Patricia Seliger Keenan

The Employer-Based Health Insurance System: Mistake or Cornerstone?
Sherry A. Glied

Entrepreneurial Challenges to Integrated Care
James C. Robinson

Part II: Promoting Population Health and Reducing Disparities

Fundamental Sources of Health Inequalities
Bruce G. Link and Jo C. Phelan

A Public Health Approach to Firearms Policy
David Hemenway

Tobacco Policy in the United States: Lessons for the Obesity Epidemic
Kenneth E. Warner

Patterns and Causes of Disparities in Health
David R. Williams

Addressing Racial Inequality in Health Care
Sara Rosenbaum and Joel Teitelbaum

Part III: Improving Quality of Care

Still Demanding Medical Excellence
Michael L. Millenson

Preventing Medical Errors
Lucian L. Leape

Improving Quality Through Nursing
Linda H. Aiken

Improving Medicare for Beneficiaries With Disabilities
Lisa I. Iezzoni

Specialization, Specialty Organizations, and the Quality of Health Care
Rosemary A. Stevens

Part IV: Framework for Fairness in Health Care

Integrating People with Mental Illness into Health Insurance and Social
Services
Richard G. Frank and Thomas G. McGuire

Accountability for Reasonable Limits to Care: Can We Meet the Challenges?
Norman Daniels

Contributors
Name Index
Subject Index

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