| Name |
: Ph.D. in Health Services - General Program |
| Program |
: Healthcare |
| Description |
: An increased emphasis on cost-containment. A shortage of health professionals. Populations without access to medical care or preventive services. Emergence of new diseases, and reemergence of infectious diseases. Personal behavioral health risk factors. Policies that promote socioeconomic conditions that are unhealthful. The integration of complementary and alternative health into Western scientific medical practice. These are just a few of the challenges in Health Services and medical care in the United States.
The Ph.D. in Health Services program prepares you to serve at the forefront of the design and delivery of cutting-edge health services in the private and public sectors. Health services students examine both the theoretical foundations of knowledge and the practical application of theory to real-world problems. This dual approach encourages students to develop themselves as scholar-practitioners ready to meet the challenges in contemporary health care.
The General Program offers an interdisciplinary approach to the study of health services. You'll study health services from a general social and behavioral sciences perspective, making it an appropriate program for a broad range of health services professionals. |
| Degree |
: Doctorate Degree Programs |
| URL of the original source |
| http://www.walde...tro_general.html |
| Additional Information |
| - Search for threads in the forum related to this online degree program |
