Health Policy
September 17, 2012 | Feature/Topic
Browse research, insight and analysis on key issues affecting health and health care in the United States.
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When Patients Choose Faith Over Medicine
January 10, 2005 | Journal Article
How physicians interpret and respond to medical conflicts that involve religion was the focus of the current investigation. Individual, semi-structured interviews were conducted with 21 physicians across a number of religious affiliations and the si ...
The Manufacture of Recovery
March 1, 2013 | Journal Article
Paradigms shaping mental health policy have changed over the years; recovery is the most recent dominant paradigm.
Kidney Transplant Patients' Perceptions, Beliefs and Barriers Related to Regular Nephrology Outpatient Visits
January 1, 2011 | Journal Article
Despite understanding the importance of post-transplant nephrology visits, kidney recipients skipped appointments because they wanted independence from doctors believed they could manage their own bodies and faced numerous post-transplant physical and emotional challenges, according to this study.
Adolescents' Needs for Health Care Privacy
December 1, 2010 | Journal Article
A study of adolescents' privacy preferences in a health care setting found that adolescents value psychological, social, physical and informational privacy, and recommended that providers consider all aspects of privacy when caring for adolescents.
Patient Cost Sharing
December 1, 2003 | Issue Brief
How Much is Too Much?
MYOB
January 1, 1999 | Program Result Report
The Carter Center, an Atlanta-based nonprofit organization working to promote peace and health worldwide, held three Rosalynn Carter Annual Symposium on Mental Health Policy from 1995 through 1997.