Editor's Note

Michael S. Sparer

Editor's Note
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 34(5): 675-677 (2009); DOI:10.1215/03616878-2009-021 [PDF]  

Articles

Anthony S. Chen and Margaret Weir

The Long Shadow of the Past: Risk Pooling and the Political Development of Health Care Reform in the States
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 34(5): 679-716 (2009); DOI:10.1215/03616878-2009-022 [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Sandra J. Tanenbaum

Pay for Performance in Medicare: Evidentiary Irony and the Politics of Value
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 34(5): 717-746 (2009); DOI:10.1215/03616878-2009-023 [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Ruth McDonald, Joseph White, and Theodore R. Marmor

Paying for Performance in Primary Medical Care: Learning about and Learning from "Success" and "Failure" in England and California
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 34(5): 747-776 (2009); DOI:10.1215/03616878-2009-024 [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Karl Kronebusch

Quality Information and Fragmented Markets: Patient Responses to Hospital Volume Thresholds
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 34(5): 777-827 (2009); DOI:10.1215/03616878-2009-025 [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Books

   Review Essay

Md. Mahmudur Rahman Bhuiyan

Imagining the Consequences of Human Biotechnology
Francis Fukuyama. Our Posthuman Future: Consequences of the Biotechnology Revolution. New York: Picador, 2002. 280 pp. $15.00 paper.
Jürgen Habermas. The Future of Human Nature. Cambridge, U.K.: Polity Press, 2003. 136 pp. $49.95 cloth; $20.00 paper.
Nicholas Rose. The Politics of Life Itself: Biomedicine, Power, and Subjectivity in the Twenty-First Century. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2007. 356 pp. $25.00 paper.
Mary R. Leinhos. The Logic and Legitimacy of American Bioethics. Amherst, NY: Cambria Press, 2008. 258 pp. $119.00 paper.
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 34(5): 829-839 (2009); DOI:10.1215/03616878-2009-026 [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

   Review

Jacqueline L. Colby

Just Health: Meeting Health Needs Fairly
Norman Daniels. Just Health: Meeting Health Needs Fairly. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008. 397 pp. $29.99 paper.
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 34(5): 839-846 (2009); DOI:10.1215/03616878-2009-027 [PDF] [References]  

Richard Himelfarb

Pink Ribbons: Breast Cancer and the Politics of Philanthropy
Samantha King. Pink Ribbons: Breast Cancer and the Politics of Philanthropy. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2006. 157 pp. $24.95 cloth; $18.95 paper.
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 34(5): 846-849 (2009); DOI:10.1215/03616878-2009-028 [PDF]  

Books Received

Books Received
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 34(5): 851-854 (2009); DOI:10.1215/03616878-34-5-851 [PDF]  

Contributors

Contributors
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 34(5): 855-857 (2009); DOI:10.1215/03616878-34-5-855 [PDF]  

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