
Primary Care
Balancing Health Needs, Services, and Technology
Starfield(Author)
Oxford University Press Inc
Published on 17. December 1998
Book
Paperback/Softback
448 pages
978-0-19-512543-6 (ISBN)
Description
This volume provides innovative methods to evaluate the attainment and contributions of primary systems and practitioners. It extends the previous edition by highlighting two additional areas: equity in health services and health, and overlap between clinical medicine and public health. It provides an important basis for future directions in health policy.
Reviews / Votes
"This book is the synthesis of a lifetime of work in this field....It is a descriptive work of great sweep and erudition and follows primary care as it has evolved and mutated in myriad health care systems....it will be valuable to any reader who is interested in the multiple ways in which primary care intersects with the health care system."--JAMA"The primary care reforms now in process...make Barbara Starfield's book especially important and timely....This one has a wealth of new information."--Canadian Family Physican
"This book is both a comprehensive reference for those new to the field and a thoughtful review for those with more experience."--Annals of Internal Medicine
"Dr. Starfield's book is an excellent assemblage of data about primary care's contribution to society....This book belongs in the library of every physician who must argue for the importance of family medicine in society....Nowhere will one find a more comprehensive single source with more authoritative analysis by a phyician who takes the consumer perspective."--Family Medicine
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
line drawings and tables
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 24 mm
Weight
682 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-512543-6 (9780195125436)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Previous edition
Book
10/1998
2nd Edition
Oxford University Press Inc
€40.91
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Content
I. PRIMARY CARE AND HEALTH; II. PRIMARY CARE PRACTICE; III. ACCOUNTABILITY IN PRIMARY CARE; IV. PATIENTS AND POPULATIONS; V. HEALTH POLICY AND PRIMARY CARE