10-15 pages for discussion of major issue components of the area as represented by major works in the professional literature. 2-3 pages for bibliography, of which at least half should be professional journal articles. All students in the course are expected to have e-mail accounts to communicate with each other and with me. These accounts are free of charge and relatively simple to operate, in addition to giving students experience in modern electronic communications. To set up your account, simply call 844-5800 from a touchtone phone and follow the automated directions.
Assistance is available in beginning to use e-mail .
Students will be given a list of e-mail addresses for all participants in the class for purposes of letting students raise discussion issues, comments, and questions outside of the physical classroom and for making course announcements. Burke , W. Warner. Heirich , Max. Patel Kanet, and Mark Rushefsky Health Care Politics and Policy in America. M.E. Sharpe, 1995.