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From the Editor

The Pursuit Of Public Health: How Serious Is Society? John K. Iglehart [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

The Public Health System

PROLOGUE: The Public Health System [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Strengthening The Nation’s Public Health Infrastructure: Historic Challenge, Unprecedented Opportunity Edward L. Baker, Jr. and Jeffrey P. Koplan [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

PERSPECTIVE: The Public Health Infrastructure: Rebuild Or Redesign? Nicole Lurie [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

The Unfulfilled Promise Of Public Health: Déjà Vu All Over Again Elizabeth Fee and Theodore M. Brown [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

The Elements Of Public Health

PROLOGUE: The Elements Of Public Health [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Transforming The Public Health Information Infrastructure John R. Lumpkin and Margaret S. Richards [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

The Public Health Workforce Kristine Gebbie, Jacqueline Merrill, and Hugh H. Tilson [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Governmental Public Health In The United States: The Implications Of Federalism Bernard J. Turnock and Christopher Atchison [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Public Health Law

Public Health Law In An Age Of Terrorism: Rethinking Individual Rights And Common Goods Lawrence O. Gostin [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

PERSPECTIVE: Bioterrorism, Public Health, And Human Rights George J. Annas [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

PERSPECTIVE: Bioterrorism, Public Health, And The Law Ronald Bayer and James Colgrove [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

PERSPECTIVE: Public Health Law: A Communitarian Perspective Amitai Etzioni [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Politics & Public Health

PROLOGUE: Politics & Public Health [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Dealing With The Dangers Of Fear: The Role Of Risk Communication George M. Gray and David P. Ropeik [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Public Health And National Security: The Critical Role Of Increased Federal Support Bill Frist [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Influence And Opportunity: Reflections On The U.S. Role In Global Public Health Ilona Kickbusch [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

The Politics Of Obesity: Seven Steps To Government Action Rogan Kersh and James Morone [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Interview

David Satcher Takes Stock Fitzhugh Mullan [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Health Tracking

TRENDS: Does Insurance Coverage For Drug Therapy Affect Smoking Cessation? Raymond G. Boyle, Leif I. Solberg, Sanne Magnan, Gestur Davidson, and Nina L. Alesci [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

TRENDS: Trends In Retiree Health Benefits Lauren A. McCormack, Jon R. Gabel, Heidi Whitmore, Wayne L. Anderson, and Jeremy Pickreign [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

MARKETWATCH: Viagra: A Success Story For Rationing? Rudolf Klein and Heidrun Sturm [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

FROM THE FIELD: Exploring The Limits Of The Safety Net: Community Health Centers And Care For The Uninsured Michael K. Gusmano, Gerry Fairbrother, and Heidi Park [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

FROM THE FIELD: How And Why The Health Insurance System Will Collapse Humphrey Taylor [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Narrative Matters

Getting The Elderly Their Due David Carliner [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

An Unsuspecting American With No Medicare Coverage—Me! Gordon Schiff [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

DataWatch

Air Pollution And Medical Care Use By Older Americans: A Cross-Area Analysis Victor R. Fuchs and Sarah Rosen Frank [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Medicare Spending For Injured Elders: Are There Opportunities For Savings? Christine E. Bishop, Daniel Gilden, Jacobus Blom, Joanna Kubisiak, Rosemarie Hakim, Angelina Lee, and Deborah W. Garnick [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Racial Variation In Quality Of Care Among Medicare+Choice Enrollees Beth A. Virnig, Nicole Lurie, Zhen Huang, Dorothea Musgrave, A. Marshall McBean, and Bryan Dowd [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Medicaid Coverage For The Working Uninsured: The Role Of State Policy Randall R. Bovbjerg, Jack Hadley, Mary Beth Pohl, and Marc Rockmore [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

GrantWatch

INTERVIEW: Addressing Both Health And Health Care: An Interview With Steven A. Schroeder John K. Iglehart [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

SPECIAL REPORT: The Pfizer Foundation’s Community Health Ventures Program: Providing Models For Community Health Partnerships Caroline Roan and Carolyn W. Clark [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Grants & Grant Outcomes [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

UpDate

Publications & Reports [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Book Reviews

An Error By Any Other Name Karen Wolk Feinstein [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Letters

Information Technologies And The Health Care Workforce Gregory Pawlson [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Broader Adoption Of Information Technology Needed Helen Burstin and Carolyn Clancy [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Money Drives Resistance To IT Adoption Jerome H. Grossman and Daniel Masys [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Physician Training And The Marketplace Scott Gottlieb and Kevin Grumbach [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Nurse Practitioners Only Part Of The Team Warren A. Jones and Robert L. Phillips, Jr. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Another Focus On Workforce Issues George F. Sheldon [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Expensive Conditions Joel W. Hay and Benjamin Druss [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Nurse Anesthetists Are Safe Option Deborah A. Chambers, Elizabeth M. Armstrong, and Elizabeth M. Lapetina [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Impact Of Spending On Health Steven Schreiber and Anne Martin [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Statement Of Ownership And Circulation Judie Tucker [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

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