... . Storrs, CT: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research. Secret Weapon: The “New” Medicare as a Route to Health Security Mark Schlesinger...

...Anthony R. Mawson; Peter M. Lapsley; Allan M. Hoffman; John C. Guignard Violence-related behavior in schools has declined in recent years, but the perception of risk remains high. Disturbingly high percentages of students and teachers report staying home out of fear, and many students bring weapons...

.... Commentary Is a Weapons-Screening Strategy for Public Schools Good Public Policy? Jackson Toby Rutgers University As Professor Ronald V. Clarke of the Rutgers School of Criminal Justice points...

.... The DOJ's primary weapon in prosecuting health care fraud is the federal False Claims Act (FCA) of 1863 (31 U.S.C. secs. 3729–3733). Almost unique among federal antifraud provisions, the FCA may also be used by “private prosecutors” to file lawsuits on behalf of the federal government charging organizations...

.... “Voucherizing” has emerged as a powerful rhetorical weapon in that fight. Yet the accompanying debate is often misleading about both the current state of Medicare and the necessity of altering its programmatic structure to ensure future stability. Copyright © 2014 by Duke University Press 2014...

... government expenditure is the measure they are more equal). Both depend heavily upon private sector organizations in the provision of government-financed services. And as one witty observer has noted, both seek the same goal-the prevention of natural death. The defense weapons procurement...

... Press. Hannay, D. 1978 . Symptom Prevalence in the Community. Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners 28 : 492 -499. Holloway, H., A. Norwood, C. Fullerton, C. Engel, and R. Ursano. 1997 . The Threat of Biological Weapons: Prophylaxis and Mitigation of Psychological and Social...

... of radiation exposure from the atmospheric testing of atomic weapons have also met with little success. Nonetheless, these "atomic victims" are not giving up. Abetted by the Three Mile Island incident and an increasing, international, anti-nuclear war sen- timent, the drive to hold the government...

... explain the risks of the proposed treatment, nor did they provide Natanson with alternatives. Still, in subsequent litigation, jurors decided that the doctors and hospitals involved were not at fault. Leopold explains the connection between cobalt radiation and the devel­ opment of nuclear weapons...

... the connection between cobalt radiation and the devel­ opment of nuclear weapons. Radioactive cobalt is an isotope developed in the same nuclear reactors that generated the plutonium for the first atomic bombs. She explores the complex and often messy relationships among science, technology, government...

...) (Barry et al. 2013 ). In contrast, while nearly 70 percent of Americans overall supported banning military-style assault weapons (another frequently proposed policy response to the mass shooting in Newtown), only 46 percent of gun owners, 55 percent of conservatives, and 52 percent of Republicans...

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... an injury. One was to “separate the haz- ard and that which is to be protected” (Haddon 1970). Mawson et al. make a good case that our school safety efforts should include that approach—making it more difficult for students to take guns into schools. Entry-based weapons screening may be an excellent...

.../files/CompetingPublicHealthPlan.pdf . Schlesinger M. Hacker J. M. . 2007 . Secret Weapon: The “New” Medicare as a Route to Health Security . Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 32 : 247 – 291 . The Role of Specific Political Factors...

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..., transportation accidents and the spraying of pesticides, the known dan- ger of farm and construction work, the presence of hazardous waste land- fills, nuclear and chemical weapons sites in rural areas, and other environ- mental hazards. Last, there should have been more about the relationship between...

... terrorist violence in the United States. As this special section on “Terrorism, Guns, and Public Health” went into production, we were envisioning the benefits of publishing each of these two provocative articles—“Preventing Lethal Violence in Schools: The Case for Entry-Based Weapons Screening...

..., NY: Baywood Publishing Company, 2011. 264 pp. $56.95 cloth. Tortured Science: Health Studies, Ethics, and Nuclear Weapons in the United States. Dianne Quigley, Amy Lowman, and Steve Wing. Amityville, NY: Baywood Publish- ing Company, 2011. 265 pp. $64.95 paper. DOI 10.1215/03616878-1573130 ...

... cloth. Books Received  1019   Public and Environmental Health A Web of Prevention: Biological Weapons, Life Sciences, and the Governance of Research. Brian Rappert and Caitriona McLeish, eds. Sterling, VA: Earthscan, 2007. 240 pp. $97.50 cloth...

..., 2008. 800 pp. $45.00 paper. Treating Victims of Weapons of Mass Destruction: Medical, Legal, and Strategic Aspects. Patrick Barriot and Chantal Bismuth, eds. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2008. 256 pp. $120.00 cloth. Health Politics and Policy Connecting the Dots: Government, Community, and Family...