A Discursive Dictionary of Health Care 1976 US Congress Committee Print
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HEALTHCARE POLICY • MEDICAL HISTORY • PUBLIC HEALTH • GOVERNMENT REFERENCE
A Discursive Dictionary of Health Care, prepared by the staff of the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment for the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, U.S. House of Representatives. Published by the U.S. Government Printing Office in February 1976 for the 94th Congress, Second Session.
This original congressional committee print will appeal to medical historians, public-health professionals, healthcare administrators, policy researchers, government-document collectors, librarians, and readers interested in the development of America’s healthcare system. Rather than functioning as a simple dictionary, it records how Congress defined and discussed the rapidly changing language of healthcare during the 1970s.
The volume contains an extensive alphabetical glossary of healthcare terminology, followed by sections covering abbreviations and acronyms, recommendations, Andreas Vesalius of Brussels, and a bibliography. Its definitions, tables, and statistical material address medical occupations, nursing, midwifery, healthcare education, records administration, public-health communication, pharmaceuticals, and the organization of medical services.
This book helps the reader understand that the language used to describe healthcare is never entirely neutral: definitions influence how problems are recognized, how policies are written, and how resources are distributed. Reading this contemporary government source makes it possible to compare the assumptions of 1976 with today’s healthcare system, revealing both how much medicine has changed and how many modern debates grew from earlier institutional ideas. It offers a useful historical perspective on the relationship between government, medicine, language, and public consciousness.
Original softcover committee print with 179 numbered pages plus preliminary matter. The pale-green covers show age toning, edge wear, light spotting, handling marks, and handwritten pencil notations across the top of the front cover. A small spot is visible on the title page. The binding appears secure, and the photographed interior pages remain clean, readable, and well preserved overall. Please examine all photographs for the most accurate representation of condition.
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A Discursive Dictionary of Health Care 1976 US Congress Committee Print
$45.00
A Discursive Dictionary of Health Care, prepared by the staff of the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment for the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, U.S. House of Representatives. Published by the U.S. Government Printing Office in February 1976 for the 94th Congress, Second Session.
This original congressional committee print will appeal to medical historians, public-health professionals, healthcare administrators, policy researchers, government-document collectors, librarians, and readers interested in the development of America’s healthcare system. Rather than functioning as a simple dictionary, it records how Congress defined and discussed the rapidly changing language of healthcare during the 1970s.
The volume contains an extensive alphabetical glossary of healthcare terminology, followed by sections covering abbreviations and acronyms, recommendations, Andreas Vesalius of Brussels, and a bibliography. Its definitions, tables, and statistical material address medical occupations, nursing, midwifery, healthcare education, records administration, public-health communication, pharmaceuticals, and the organization of medical services.
This book helps the reader understand that the language used to describe healthcare is never entirely neutral: definitions influence how problems are recognized, how policies are written, and how resources are distributed. Reading this contemporary government source makes it possible to compare the assumptions of 1976 with today’s healthcare system, revealing both how much medicine has changed and how many modern debates grew from earlier institutional ideas. It offers a useful historical perspective on the relationship between government, medicine, language, and public consciousness.
Original softcover committee print with 179 numbered pages plus preliminary matter. The pale-green covers show age toning, edge wear, light spotting, handling marks, and handwritten pencil notations across the top of the front cover. A small spot is visible on the title page. The binding appears secure, and the photographed interior pages remain clean, readable, and well preserved overall. Please examine all photographs for the most accurate representation of condition.
SKU D-4