Sozialmedizin und Public Health

The system of health insurance and healthcare and its economic and legal foundations are at the centre of public debate. Even experts are not always familiar with the terms used from the most diverse fields of knowledge and foreign healthcare systems, but these terms are used to create policy and shape practice.

The 3rd largely revised and expanded edition of this dictionary
• - summarises over 500 key terms
• - contains new and current key terms such as digital law, managed care, artificial intelligence in medicine, the health economy, health literacy, Obamacare and incidence density.
• - makes references to other healthcare systems, in particular those in the UK, the USA, France, Switzerland and the Netherlands.

The book's particular advantage: Technical terms are explained for the reader in a clear, handy form and in understandable language, including compact summaries of the current state of research.
This reference work is part of the ‘basic equipment’ of students of medicine, the health sciences, nursing sciences and health and social management as well as managers in healthcare and healthcare facilities. People in training and further education in social medicine, public health, health, social and nursing management and social work will also benefit from this dictionary.

The authors:
Dr rer. pol. Bernard Braun, social and health scientist, fields of work: national and international comparative health policy and health system research, social science evaluation research of medical care, policy impact research
Dr med. habil. Jens-Uwe Niehoff, Professor of Social Medicine and Epidemiology, fields of work: epidemiological transition, health system comparisons, healthcare and prevention research
Max-Erik Niehoff, lawyer and health economist. Fields of work: social security, medical and corporate law
Dr Felix Welti, Professor of Social and Health Law, areas of work: disability and rehabilitation, interdisciplinary research on sociopolitical decision-making processes