Learning lessons
Subtitle: medicine, economics, and public policy
By: Rashi Fein.
Publisher: Transaction Publishers
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New Brunswick
Language: eng
Number of pages: 194
ISBN-13: 9781412810807
Subjects: Medical policy; Medical economics; Health Policy -- economics -- United States; Cost-Benefit Analysis -- United States; Public Policy -- economics -- United States; Social Responsibility -- United States; Social Values -- United States
Description: "This is a book about the policy process. It discusses the considerations advisers have in mind as they develop and select policy alternatives, the ways each of us might want to think about making decisions, and the lessons we should remember in order to minimize avoidable errors. In writing about his experiences in government, the classroom, and private life, Fein offers insights that apply to people responsible for decisions in many kinds of institutions, at all levels of responsibility."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The time to change the rules is before the game begins; title: The meaning and influence of words; title: Defining the policy issues and options; title: Knowing the "other"; title: Four lessons.