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Reviews
Reviews and Advance Praise Health Care Regulation in America: Complexity, Confrontation and Compromise Reviews "This book is authoritative, comprehensive, and encyclopedic in scope. At the same time, it tends to focus on the major regulatory programs' goals and conflicts, rather than on minute details, which tend to change frequently. Major regulation topics are cross-listed throughout the book, referring the reader to the various relevant chapters. Another good feature of the book is that it uses no legal jargon or terms, and it only cites a small number of relevant court cases. "In summary, this invaluable book fills a major gap in the health services research literature. It is an important source of information on health care regulations for health professionals, policy analysts and researchers, graduate students in medicine, nursing, public heatlh, public policy studies, and the concerned citizen who is interested in unraveling the complex maze of regulations that govern America's health care." "Consequently, I recommend this book to anyone seeking an introduction to health care regulation. Additionally, those who teach health law to undergraduates or graduate/professional students will likely find the book to be a useful introduction to other, more detailed texts... "Health Care Regulation in America makes a worthy contribution to the difficult task of describing health law. It is a wonderfully concise introduction to the field that is substantially complete in scope, cohesive in its organization, and eminently readable regardless of one's background in health policy or law. Moreover, the broad view it offers of the field demonstrates the close relationship between health regulation and health economics in America."
"With the laws and rules of health can still evolving, this book offers a solid base from which readers can assess and analyze the current and future transformation of health care. The author mixes just the right amount of history and statistical background with a dicussion of current health law, policies, and important information on health care infrastructure to provide readers with the breadth and depth of knowledge needed to comprehend the American health care system as it exists today. Readers who take the time to digest the book's details will undoudtedly be better prepared to judge the inevitable presidential debates on health care reform." Advance Praise "A superbly clear and comprehensive description of the complex regulations of the American health care system. Should be read by anyone who wishes to navigate or reform that system." "This is an invaluable book for anyone interested in navigating the regulatory maze governing health care in the United States. Professor Field is a trustworthy and reliable guide through the complex thicket of laws, policies, agencies, professional organizations, and guidelines that shape what happens in research, marketing, therapy and assessment." "This book provides very useful information on the nuts and bolts of how the American healthcare system really works. Although regulations are of supreme importance to providers, they have tended to be neglected by academics who are eager to point out their defects without getting into specifics. It will be of particular value to all students and non-Americans who do not have full knowledge of the background details." "This is an excellent book, clearly written, thorough in its coverage. Field has managed to cover all aspects of regulation, including clear descriptions of agency functions. I thoroughly recommend this book to anyone who wants to get a global sense of how we regulate health care delivery in the United States." |
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