232247 How long? Not long! The road forward for health-care justice

Tuesday, November 9, 2010 : 5:30 PM - 5:50 PM

Martha Livingston, PhD , Health and Society, Associate Professor of Health and Society, Old Westbury, NY
Earlier papers in this session have described the recently-passed health reform law and detailed its weaknesses and flaws. This presentation will focus on the continuing movement for health-care justice in the United States: who needs to be involved, how, and what our next steps are in ensuring that all residents of the United States will have secure access to all necessary health care in the near future.

Learning Areas:
Advocacy for health and health education
Ethics, professional and legal requirements
Provision of health care to the public

Learning Objectives:
Describe health-care reform as a component of a social justice agenda. Identify what forces will need to be activated to accomplish real health-care reform. Assess current legislation using a social-justice lens.

Keywords: Health Reform, Social Justice

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I research and teach and have published in this area for many years.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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