Health care politics, policy, and services : a social justice analysis / Gunnar Almgren.

New York : Springer Pub., [2007], ©2007.

xv, 347 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

A primer on theories of social justice and defining the problem of health care -- The historical evolvement of the U.S. health care system -- The contemporary organization of health care: health care finance -- The contemporary organization of health care: health care services and utilization -- Long-term care of the aged and disabled -- Disparities in health and health care -- Social epidemiology: unraveling the social determinants of disparities in health -- Competing agendas for health care system reform: a social justice critique.