Changing the U.S. health care system

Offers insights into the composition and working of the full spectrum of health care services in the United States, outlining up-to-the-minute trends and future policy options in the wake of dwindling confidence in previous health care reform initiatives. The authors are all recognized as top researchers in the field, drawing on their own investigations to address such issues as AIDS, ethics, costs, quality, malpractice, and regulation versus competition.