Policy and Politics for Nurses and Other Health Professionals: Advocacy and Action

Part1 Introduction
Chapter1 Nursing's History of Advocacy and Action
Chapter2 Policy and Politics Explained
Chapter3 A Policy Toolkit for Healthcare Providers and Activists
Chapter4 The Affordable Care Act: The Current Driver of Health Care Reform
Part2 The Health Labor Force: Understanding the Distribution of Power and Influence
Chapter5 Nurses: Leading Change to Improve Heath and Health Care
Chapter6 Physicians
Chapter7 Healthcare Quality
Part3
Chapter8 Global Health: Policy, Politics, and Partners
Chapter9 Population Health: Vulnerable Populations Access to Care
Part4 Health Care Providers: Understanding How Power, Markets, and Government Impact the Organization & Delivery of Care
Chapter10 Hospitals: Consolidation and Compression
Chapter11 Medical Homes and Accountable Care Organizations: Innovation for the Delivery System of the Future
Part5 Healthcare Finance: Understanding the Roel of Markets in Government
Chapter12 Follow the Money
Chapter13 Private Health Insurance Market
Chapter14 Medicaid
Chapter15 Financing Services for the Poor and Vulnerable Populations