New perspectives on public health policy / edited by James Mohr.
| Other author | Mohr, James C. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | University Park : Pennsylvania State University Press, ©2008. |
| Description | 144 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Issues in policy history Issues in policy history (Unnumbered) ^A1103554 |
| Contents | Introduction: new perspectives on public health policy / James Mohr -- Reform and its discontents: public health in New York City during the Great Society / James Colgrove -- Crisis and opportunity in drug policy: changing the direction of British drug services in the 1980s / Alex Mold and Virginia Berridge -- The other war on drugs: the pharmaceutical industry, evidence-based medicine, and clinical practice / Howard I. Kushner -- The contingent power of experts: public health policy in the United States, Britain, and France / Constance A. Nathanson -- Learning to walk slow: America's partial policy success in the arena of intellectual disability / Harold Pollack -- Sanemori's revenge: insects, eco-system accidents, and policy decisions in Japan's environmental history / Brett L. Walker. |
| Abstract | "A collection of essays examining public health policy and the decision-making process behind it"--Provided by publisher. |
| General note | "This work was originally published as a special issue of Journal of Policy History (vol. 19, no. 1, 2007)"--T.p. verso. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Other title | Journal of policy history. |
| LCCN | 2007043691 |
| ISBN | 9780271027579 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0271027576 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Laupus | Books - Stacks | WA 11.1 N532 2008 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |