SUBJECT INDEX:

MEDICAL:

Breaking the Vicious Circle: Stephen Breyer; Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer explores three generic difficulties that plague efforts to reduce health risks and sets out a proposal for a new administrative entity to develop a coherent regulatory system adaptable for use in different risk-related programs--a mission-oriented, independent agency commanding significant prestige and authority.; Paperback / Hardcover

Cancer in the United States: Abraham M. Lilienfeld; Morton L. Levin; Irving I. Kessler; Hardcover 1972

Cardiovascular Diseases in the United States: Iwao M. Moriyama; Dean E. Krueger; Jeremiah Stamler; Hardcover 1971

Chronic Condition: Sherry Glied; Chronic Condition provides a compelling analysis of the current health care crisis. Sherry Glied is uniquely qualified to address this issue, having served as a Senior Economist on the President's Council of Economic Advisors with responsibility for health care policy during both the Bush and Clinton administrations. She offers an ingenious new framework for reform that, while minimizing government interference, would provide a means for financing care for the less affluent.; Hardcover 1998

The Costs of Poor Health Habits: Willard Manning; Emmett Keeler; Joseph P. Newhouse; Elizabeth Sloss; Jeffrey Wasserman; Hardcover 1991

Differential Mortality in the United States: Evelyn M. Kitagawa; Philip M. Hauser; Hardcover 1973

The Epidemiology of Oral Health: Walter J. Pelton; John B. Dunbar; Russell S. McMillan; Palmi Moller; Albert E. Wolff; Hardcover 1969

Free for All?: Joseph P. Newhouse; From 1971 to 1982, researchers at the RAND Corporation devised an experiment to address two key questions in health care financing: how much more medical care will people use if it is provided free of charge? and what are the consequences for their health? This book presents a comprehensive account of the experiment and its findings.; Paperback 1996 / Hardcover

Global Burden of Disease: Christopher J. L. Murray, Editor; Alan D. Lopez, Editor; The Global Burden of Disease (GBD) provides systematic epidemiological estimates for an unprecedented 150 major health conditions. The GBD provides indispensable global and regional data for health planning, research, and education.; Hardcover 1996

Global Health Statistics: Christopher J. L. Murray, Editor; Alan D. Lopez, Editor; The encyclopedic Global Health Statistics provides, for the first time, epidemiological estimates for all major diseases and injuries. As part of the Global Burden of Disease project, over 100 disease experts analyzed these data, collected from exhaustive searches of registration data and published and unpublished studies.; Hardcover 1996

Health and Social Change in International Perspective: Lincoln C. Chen, Editor; Arthur Kleinman, Editor; Norma Ware, Editor; Paperback

Hospital Costs in Massachusetts: Mary Lee Ingbar; Lester D. Taylor; Hardcover 1968

In Search of Safety: John D. Graham; Laura Green; Marc Roberts; Hardcover 1988 / Paperback 1991

In Support of Families: Michael Yogman, Editor; T. Berry Brazelton, Editor; This important book examines the effects of stress on both children and parents and explores various strategies for coping. The authors view the family as a dynamic system whose health is vitally related to its internal relationships and its interactions with other social networks. Stress in this context can be either a positive or a negative influence on the family's effectiveness in raising children, depending on the personal and public resources available.; Hardcover 1986 / Paperback 1988

A Measure of Malpractice: Paul C. Weiler; Howard Hiatt; Joseph P. Newhouse; William G. Johnson; Troyen Brennan; Lucian Leape; Hardcover

Older Veterans: Terrie Wetle, Ph.D, Editor; John Rowe, M.D, Editor; Hardcover 1985

Particles in Our Air: John Daniel Spengler, Editor; Richard Wilson, Editor; Generated by the use of fossil energy, respirable-sized particles pose a major threat to our environment and health. In this book the hypothesis that fossil fuels are the primary culprit is examined in detail, including the nature, generation, and transport of particulate air pollution.; Paperback 1996

Population Policy Reconsidered: Gita Sen, Editor; Adrienne Germain, Editor; Lincoln C. Chen; Paperback

Prenatal Screening, Policies, and Values: Elena Nightingale, Editor; Susan B. Meister, Editor; Paperback 1987

The Profit Motive and Patient Care: Bradford Gray; Hardcover 1991 / Paperback

Risk vs. Risk: John D. Graham, Editor; Jonathan Baert Wiener, Editor; Foreword by Cass R. Sunstein; In Risk versus Risk, John Graham, Jonathan Wiener, and their colleagues at the Harvard Center for Risk Analysis marshal an impressive set of case studies which demonstrate that all too often our nation's campaign to reduce risks to our health and the environment is at war with itself, steadily creating new risks.; Hardcover 1995 / Paperback 1997

Risk-Benefit Analysis: Richard Wilson; Edmund A. C. Crouch; The first edition of this book, published in 1982, was a pioneer in the development of logical, yet simple, analytic tools for discussion of the risks which we all face. This new edition, revised, expanded, and illustrated in detail, should be of value both to professionals in the field and to those who wish to understand these vital issues.; Paperback 2001

Science with a Human Face: Robert Dorfman, Editor; Edited by Peter Rogers; Paperback 1997

Sex, Contraception, and Motherhood in Jamaica: Eugene B. Brody; Hardcover 1981