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...Bryan D. Jones Deborah R. McFarlane and Kenneth J. Meier. The Politics of Fertility Control: Family Planning and Abortion Policies in the United States. New York: Chatham House, 2001. 197 pp. $22.95 paper. © 2002 by Duke University Press 2002...

...Nancy Press Kaja Finkler. Experiencing the New Genetics: Family and Kinship on the Medical Frontier. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press,2000. 296 pp. $65.00 cloth; $24.95 paper. © 2002 by Duke University Press 2002 Books...

... and Burnham. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration on Aging. 2004 . The Older Americans Act National Family Caregiver Support Program: Compassion in Action . Washington, DC: Department of Health and Human Services. U.S. Senate. Living Longer, Growing Stronger: The Vital Role...

...Deborah R. McFarlane; Kenneth J. Meier The 104th Congress considered massive structural changes in federal aid to the states. Not only would federal categorical grants be consolidated into block grants, but entitlement programs would be converted to block grants too. Using family planning as a case...

...Ann Bookman; Mona Harrington Based on two years of fieldwork, conducted between March 2003 and March 2005 in the health care industry of the northeastern United States, this study shows that the work of family caregivers of elders goes far beyond previously recognized care in the home...

...Barbara J. Nelson Carole Joffe, The Regulation of Sexuality: Experiences of Family Planning Workers (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1986), 196 pp., $24.95 cloth, $12.95 paper. Copyright © 1988 by Duke University Press 1988 768 Journal of Health Politics, Policy, and Law...

... people to remain in foster care until age twenty-one affects their health insurance coverage, use of family planning services, and information about birth control. We find that young women are more likely to have health insurance if they remain in foster care until their twenty-first birthday...

...Sara Rosenbaum; Peter W. Shin; Alice Mauskopf; Ann Zuvekas Family planning services represent one of the most common managed care services, particularly in the case of Medicaid. In 1986, Congress enacted legislation exempting family planning services from mandatory managed care requirements...

... Report from the Field From Strategy to Reality: The Enactment of New York’s Family Health Plus Program Rima Cohen Greater...

...Deborah R. McFarlane; Kenneth J. Meier Through fiscal cutbacks and structural changes, Reagan's federalism assaulted the ethos of public health. In assessing the effects of Reagan policies on a basic public health program, family planning services, we find a substantial decrease in spending...

...Aleta Sprague; Alison Earle; Amy Raub; Firooz Kabir; Michael McCormack; Jody Heymann Abstract Context : Paid leave for serious personal and family illnesses can significantly improve health outcomes. With no federal paid family and medical leave (PFML) policy, states are increasingly adopting...

...Susan J. Lambert Jody Heymann. Forgotten Families: Ending the Growing Crisis Confronting Children and Working Parents in the Global Economy. New York: Oxford University Press, 2006. 306 pp. $27.50 cloth. Duke University Press 2007 Books...

...Suzanne Maman Carole A. Campbell. Women, Families, and HIV/AIDS: A Sociological Perspective on the Epidemic in America. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999. 190 pp. $49.95 cloth; $19.95 paper. © 2002 by Duke University Press 2002 Books: Review Symposium...