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"Essentials of Health Policy and Law, Fifth Edition provides students of public health, medicine, nursing, public policy, and health administration with an introduction to a broad range of seminal issues in U.S. health policy and law, analytic frameworks for studying these complex issues, and an understanding of the ways in which health policies and laws are formulated, implemented, and applied. Thoroughly revised, the Fifth Edition explores the key health policy and legal changes brought about by the Biden Administration and the presently Democrat-controlled Congress. It also addresses the Covid-19 pandemic, and its many devastating and intertwined health, economic, and social consequences.KEY FEATURES:- New chapters provide an overview of Public Health and explain emergency preparedness.- Updated figures, tables, statistics, and discussion questions- New textbox icons identify discussion questions, special topics and, technical spotlights to help faculty pick and choose the appropriate content- New concluding chapter on Health Advocacy teaches readers the art and skill of advocacy.- Interactive timeline fully updated and incorporated into the eBook"--

Introductory frameworks, definitions and theories for health justice -- Lessons from U.S. social movements for health justice -- The roles of the three branches of government in health law and policy -- Health-harming legal doctrines -- International human rights, health, and the failure of United States leadership -- Discrimination, implicit bias, and the limits of the law -- Socioeconomic status, unmet social needs and health -- Place-based inequities -- The Carceral state -- Asian, black, indigenous and Latinx people (authored by prof. Ruqaiijah Yearby) -- Immigrants -- Women -- LGBTQ+ people (co-authored by prof. Heather McCabe) -- People with disabilities (authored by prof. Elizabeth Pendo) -- Existing efforts to achieve health justice -- Law, policy and structural change : new directions for health justice -- Conclusion.

Understanding the role of and conceptualizing health policy and law -- Policy and the policymaking process -- Law and the legal system -- Overview of the United States healthcare system -- Public health institutions and systems -- Individual rights in health care and public health -- Social determinants of health and the role of law in optimizing health -- Understanding health insurance -- Health economics in a health policy context -- Health reform in the United States -- Government health insurance programs : Medicaid, CHIP, and Medicare -- Healthcare quality policy and law -- Public health preparedness policy -- The art of structuring and writing a health policy analysis.

"Essentials of Health Justice can be used as a stand-alone or supplemental text for a wide range of undergraduate and graduate public health, health policy, medical, nursing, health administration, and other health profession courses that focus on or include content on the social determinants of health, underserved populations, health equity, and the relationship between social justice and health. In particular, the book will serve to enhance discussion of the many structural, legal, and policy issues underlying health disparities; the various public health and health care interventions geared toward improving health care access and more just health outcomes for vulnerable populations; and the ways in which the nation can better achieve health equity and justice"--Provided by publisher