Books in the Public Health/Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Anthology series

Provides a comprehensive understanding of palliative care. This title examines the roots of the field, explores the key legal and ethical issues, discusses the development of palliative care, and presents ideas on policies that can improve access to palliative care.

Researchers who are funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation represent the elite in public health and health services research. This sixth volume in "The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Anthology" series selects the most critical and influential research.

Primary care, the fundamental practice of medicine, is at a crossroads. Changes in population demographics and in the financing and organization of the health care system are forcing changes in the role of physicians. This book presents fills a gap in the literature and offers a view that is at once authoritative, innovative and controversial.

This book, edited by the leading researcher in tobacco control and policy, explores multiple dimensions of tobacco use; health, social, and economic implications as well as the ethical, legal and scientific debates that have accompanied the development of tobacco control policies in the U.S.

Since 1972, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has been the nation's largest philanthropy devoted exclusively to health. To further its mission of improving the health and health care of all Americans, it provides funds for demonstration projects, educational and communications activities, training, policy analysis, and research.

Since 1972, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) has supported research efforts that touch on a broad range of public health care issues. In this volume, leading health care researchers, who are funded by the RWJF, report on their most current investigative efforts.

The Nursing Profession: Development, Challenges, and Opportunities is designed to be a resource for those who are interested in or touched by nursing. This book is designed in part to complement the report by the Institute of Medicine on the future of nursing.

Since 1972, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has been the nation's largest philanthropy devoted exclusively to health. This work provides a look into the programs it funds. Written for policymakers and practitioners, as well as interested members of the public, it offers lessons for leaders and educators developing plans.