Isaacs, Stephen L.

To improve health and health care / Stephen L. Isaacs - San Francisco : Jossey Bass, 2004 - 271 p.

Foreword (Risa Lavizzo-Mourey).Editors' Introduction: Observations on Grantmaking from The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Anthology Series (Stephen L. Isaacs and James R. Knickman).Acknowledgments.Section One: Targeted Portfolio.1. The Fighting Back Program (Irene M. Wielawski).2. Join Together and CADCA: Backing Up the Front Line (Paul Jellinek and Renie Schapiro).3. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Efforts to Contain Health Care Costs (Carolyn Newbergh).4. The Teaching Nursing Home Program (Ethan Bronner).Section Two: Human Capital Portfolio.5. The Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program (Jonathan Showstack, Arlyss Anderson Rothman, Laura C. Leviton, and Lewis G. Sandy).6. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Commitment to Increasing Minorities in the Health Professions (Jane Isaacs Lowe and Constance M. Pechura).7. The National Health Policy Forum (Richard S. Frank).Section Three: Vulnerable Populations Portfolio.8. The Injury Free Coalition for Kids (Paul Brodeur).9. The Homeless Prenatal Program (Digby Diehl).Section Four: Pioneering Portfolio.10. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Response to Emergencies: September 11th, Bioterrorism, and Natural Disasters (Stephen L. Isaacs).The Editors.The Contributors.Index.

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Social issues-Health care

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