Policy Overview -- Governmental Structure -- Executive Branch: Federal Governmental Agencies and Appointed Bodies -- Legislative Branch: Role in Policy -- Judicial Branch: The Court System -- Healthcare Systems -- Global, International, and Planetary Health Policy -- Public Health Policy -- Policy Formulation and Implementation -- Policy Analysis -- Policy Research and Evaluation -- Evidence Informing Policymaking -- Board Governance and Policy Leadership -- Institutional and Organizational/Association Policy -- Politics: Theory and Practice -- Policy, Law, and Politics: Ethical Perspective -- Policy Institutes Appendix A Presidential and Congressional Political Party Leadership -- Appendix B List of Public Laws -- Appendix C Policy Resources -- Appendix D Policy and Politics Journals -- Appendix E Executive Department Functions
Summary:
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. -- Provided by publisher.
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