The Quest for Health Reform: A Satirical History

Benjamin, Georges C., M.D.; Brown, Theodore M., Ph.D.; Ladwig, Susan; Berkman, Elyse

ISBN 10: 0875530206 / ISBN 13: 9780875530208

Published by Amer Public Health Assn, 2012

Seller Inventory # 0875530206-3-34613688

Synopsis:

The Quest for Health Reform: A Satirical History brings together two American political traditions - editorial cartooning as a medium for trenchant contemporary commentary and the long-standing effort to achieve universal national health reform. As early as the nineteenth century, caricatures and cartoons parodied the leading personalities and institutions in American politics. This book focuses on national health reform as told through the vision of popular editorial cartoonists.

About the Author: Georges C. Benjamin, MD, is well-known in the world of public health as a leader, practitioner and administrator. Benjamin has been the executive director of the American Public Health Association, the nation's oldest and largest organization of public health professionals, since December 2002. He came to that post from his position as secretary of the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. Benjamin became secretary of health in Maryland in April 1999, following four years as its deputy secretary for public health services. As secretary, Benjamin oversaw the expansion and improvement in the state s Medicaid program.

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Quest for Health Reform: A Satirical ...
Publisher: Amer Public Health Assn
Publication Date: 2012
Binding: paperback
Condition: Good