HEALTH POLICY Application for Nurses and Other Healthcare Professionals

• Main Author: Porche, Demetrius James (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Burlington, Massachusetts Jones & Bartlett Learning 2019
• Edition: SECOND EDITION
• Subjects: Medical policy; Nursing; Health Policy > United States; Delivery of Health Care > United States
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• Physical Description: xviii, 420 pages illustrations 23 cm.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index
• ISBN: 9781284130386

Health care providers frequently engage in setting policy agenda at the individual, systems, institutional, or public level. Health Policy: Application for Nurses and Other Health Care Professionals, Second Edition provides an overview of the policy making process within a variety of settings including academia, clinical practice, communities, and various health care systems. By including both policy evaluation and research, the author provides a comprehensive and multi-perspective approach to developing and formulating effective health care policy. The Second Edition has been updated to include new chapters on the following topic areas: board governance and policy leadership, institutional and organizational and association policy, healthcare systems and global health policy. In addition, the text provides key information on the process of policy search process and offers and expanded policy institute listing.