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Direct linkEden, Jill, Ed.; Berwick, Donald, Ed.; Wilensky, Gail, Ed. – National Academies Press, 2014
Today's physician education system produces trained doctors with strong scientific underpinnings in biological and physical sciences as well as supervised practical experience in delivering care. Significant financial public support underlies the graduate-level training of the nation's physicians. Two federal programs--Medicare and…
Descriptors: Medical Education, Graduate Study, Health Needs, Health Insurance
McTaggart, Aubrey C.; McTaggart, Lorna, M. – 1976
The purpose of this book is to provide useful information about the components of quality health care and to suggest ways for the consumer to find and avail himself of the best care possible. The following subjects are covered, including brief histories of sociological background and suggestions on how to judge competency: (1) physicians,…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations, Consumer Education, Dentistry, Health Facilities
Ornstein, Allan – Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2007
Class differences and class warfare have existed since the beginning of western civilization, but the gap in income and wealth between the rich (top 10 percent) and the rest has increased steadily in the last twenty-five years. The U.S. is heading for a financial oligarchy much worse than the aristocratic old world that our Founding Fathers feared…
Descriptors: Middle Class, Democratic Values, Western Civilization, United States History
Pierangelo, Roger; Crane, Rochelle – 1997
This book is intended to provide a comprehensive guide to the transition of students from special education programs into adulthood. The 13 chapters address the following specific issues, with sample sub-topics indicated in parentheses: (1) fundamentals of transition services (self-determination, importance of keeping records); (2) transitional…
Descriptors: Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, Estate Planning
Steuerle, C. Eugene, Ed.; Ooms, Van Doorn, Ed.; Peterson, George E., Ed.; Reischauer, Robert D., Ed. – 2000
Studies in this volume provide a comprehensive examination of the use of vouchers. The contributions to this book examine a variety of applications in such areas as education, child care, employment training, housing, food, and health care, and they discuss the dimensions along which vouchers should be compared to alternative delivery mechanisms.…
Descriptors: Day Care, Delivery Systems, Educational Vouchers, Elementary Secondary Education
Budetti, Peter P., Ed.; Burkhauser, Richard V., Ed.; Gregory, Janice M., Ed.; Hunt, H. Allan, Ed. – 2001
This book contains 15 articles on older workers and the challenges of health insurance, Social Security, retirement, job loss, and working until older ages. Following an introduction by the editors, the articles are organized in five sections that also include commentaries on the articles. The following are included in Section 1, "Charting…
Descriptors: Age Discrimination, Disabilities, Early Retirement, Employed Women
Download full textBryant, Ed, Ed.; And Others – 1997
Designed for vocational rehabilitation counselors, this book provides information about diabetes and treating diabetes. Much of the material previously appeared as articles in "Voice of the Diabetic" and is written not just by doctors and diabetes professionals, but also by members of the National Federation of the Blind (NFB) Diabetes…
Descriptors: Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Blindness, Coping, Diabetes
