Editor's Note

Mark Schlesinger

When Cases Are Really Special
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 31(4): 721-727 (2006); DOI:10.1215/03616878-2006-001 [PDF] [References]  

Articles

Elizabeth M. Armstrong, Daniel P. Carpenter, and Marie Hojnacki

Whose Deaths Matter? Mortality, Advocacy, and Attention to Disease in the Mass Media
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 31(4): 729-772 (2006); DOI:10.1215/03616878-2006-002 [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

David G. Stevenson

Is a Public Reporting Approach Appropriate for Nursing Home Care?
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 31(4): 773-810 (2006); DOI:10.1215/03616878-2006-003 [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Jason Schnittker and Ke Liang

The Promise and Limits of Racial/Ethnic Concordance in Physician-Patient Interaction
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 31(4): 811-838 (2006); DOI:10.1215/03616878-2006-004 [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Books

   Review Essay

Beatrix Hoffman

Tell Me Again: Why Is There No National Health Insurance in the United States?; Health Security for All: Dreams of Universal Health Care in America; Universal Coverage: The Elusive Quest for National Health Insurance; One Nation, Uninsured: Why the U.S. Has No National Health Insurance
Alan Derickson. Health Security for All: Dreams of Universal Health Care in America. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2005. 256 pp. $30 cloth.
Rick Mayes. Universal Coverage: The Elusive Quest for National Health Insurance. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2005. 224 pp. $63 cloth; $26.95 paper.
Jill Quadagno. One Nation, Uninsured: Why the U.S. Has No National Health Insurance. New York: Oxford University Press, 2005. 288 pp. $28.00 cloth.
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 31(4): 839-848 (2006); DOI:10.1215/03616878-2006-005 [PDF] [References]  

   Review

Joseph White

Policy Challenges in Modern Health Care
David Mechanic, Lynn B. Rogut, David C. Colby, and James R. Knickman, eds. Policy Challenges in Modern Health Care. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 2005. 276 pp. $23.95 paper.
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 31(4): 848-859 (2006); DOI:10.1215/03616878-2006-006 [PDF] [References]  

Suzanne Mettler

How Policies Make Citizens: Senior Political Activism and the American Welfare State
Andrea Louise Campbell. How Policies Make Citizens: Senior Political Activism and the American Welfare State. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2003. 229 pp. $52.50 cloth; $19.95 paper.
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 31(4): 859-862 (2006); DOI:10.1215/03616878-2006-007 [PDF] [References]  

Steven Henry Lopez

For All These Rights: Business, Labor, and the Shaping of America's Public-Private Welfare State
Jennifer Klein. For All These Rights: Business, Labor, and the Shaping of America's Public-Private Welfare State. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2003. 376 pp. $22.95 cloth; $37.95 paper.
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 31(4): 862-864 (2006); DOI:10.1215/03616878-2006-008 [PDF]  

James Colgrove

Bodily Matters: The Anti-Vaccination Movement in England, 1853-1907
Nadja Durbach. Bodily Matters: The Anti-Vaccination Movement in England, 1853-1907. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2005. 276 pp. $79.95 (cloth); $22.95 (paper).
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 31(4): 864-867 (2006); DOI:10.1215/03616878-2006-009 [PDF]  

Sally S. Cohen

Nursing against the Odds: How Health Care Cost Cutting, Media Stereotypes, and Medical Hubris Undermine Nurses and Patient Care
Suzanne Gordon. Nursing against the Odds: How Health Care Cost Cutting, Media Stereotypes, and Medical Hubris Undermine Nurses and Patient Care. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2005. 489 pp. $29.95 cloth.
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 31(4): 867-871 (2006); DOI:10.1215/03616878-2006-010 [PDF] [References]  

Books Received

Books Received
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 31(4): 873-877 (2006); DOI:10.1215/03616878-31-4-873 [PDF]  

Contributors

Contributors
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 31(4): 879-881 (2006); DOI:10.1215/03616878-31-4-879 [PDF]  

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