The health care dilemma
Subtitle: a comparison of health care systems in three European countries and the US
By: by Elizabeth G. Armstrong ... [et al.].
Publisher: World Scientific; World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Singapore
Language: eng
Number of pages: 443
ISBN-13: 9789814313964; 9789814313971
Subjects: Health Insurance; Patient Acceptance of Health Care; Medical policy; Delivery of Health Care
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 409-435) and index.
Table of contents: title: Pt. 1. Denmark : socially minded welfare policies and universal health care; title: pt. 2. Germany : solidarity and cradle to grave health care; title: pt. 3. Sweden : liberal political climate and comprehensive health care; title: pt. 4. The United States health care system.; title: 4.; title: German and US Health Care Systems Compared  -- Ramin W. Parsa-Parsi -- 5.; title: Cases Written by US Students in Germany -- -- Case 10; title: An Easter Surprise  -- Anne Chiang -- Case 11; title: Nie Krank  -- Christine Hsu Rohde -- Case 12; title: Frau Baumgartner and Hen- Schneider  -- Aimee Der-Huey Shu -- Case 13; title: For a Breath of Air  -- Gregory Sawicki -- Case 14; title: A Startling Diagnosis  -- Jack Casey -- Case 15; title: A Ray of Hope  -- S. Elissa Altin -- Case 16; title: Herr Oscher and German Social Solidarity  -- Alden Vincent Chiu -- Case 17; title: The Amalgam Question  -- Anna Ratiner -- Case 18; title: A Life with DM  -- Charles R. Wira III -- 6.; title: Cases Written by German Students in the US -- -- Case 19; title: One More Cruise  -- Marion Bohatschek -- Case 20; title: The Obesity Battle  -- Benedikt Aulinger -- Case 21; title: The Poetry of Life and Breath  -- Oliver Fuchs -- Case 22; title: A Contrast in Care  -- Corinna Jenderek -- Case 23; title: Bluegrass Music and Back Pain -- Malte Rieken; title: Pt. III; title: Sweden: Liberal Political Climate and Comprehensive Health Care -- -- 7.; title: Swedish and US Health Care Systems Compared  -- Miriam S. Wetzel -- 8.; title: Cases Written by US Students in Sweden -- -- Case 24; title: It's Lucky We Found It  -- Rotonya McCants Carr -- Case 25; title: Taking it Easy in Landskrona  -- Aliyah Sohani -- Case 26; title: An Up and Down Course  -- Peter Tang -- Case 27; title: The Kidney is King  -- Kavid Udompanyanan -- 9.; title: Cases Written by Swedish Students in the US -- -- Case 28; title: Learning the Hard Way  -- Kim Gosai -- Case 29; title: Living with HIV  -- Malin Inghammar -- Case 30; title: For a Better Life  -- Ylva Andersson Carlsson -- pt. IV; title: The United States Health Care System -- -- 10.; title: The US Health Care System -- Miriam S. Wetzel.