THE MILBANK QUARTERLY
A MULTIDISCIPLINARY JOURNAL OF
POPULATION HEALTH and Health Policy
POPULATION HEALTH and Health Policy
A Note to Readers
(pages 1–2)
The Iron Lung: Halfway Technology or Necessary Step?
(pages 3–29)
James H. Maxwell
Response to James H. Maxwell's Essay, "The Iron Lung"
(pages 30–33)
Lewis Thomas
Family Care of the Elderly: The Role of Public Policy
(pages 34–75)
Pamela Doty
The Consequences of Consensus: American Health Policy in the Twentieth Century
(pages 76–99)
Daniel M. Fox
Expenditures for the Medical Care of Elderly People Living in the Community in 1980
(pages 100–132)
Mary Grace Kovar
Philosophical Origins of the Economic Valuation of Life
(pages 133–155)
James C. Robinson