At last comes the Eighth Edition of the classic text, The Nation's Health, extensively revised by the new best selling author/editor team of Leiyu Shi and Douglas Singh.This timely revision includes an overarching framework to portray the determinants of the nations health and to organize the major components of the book. Each section begins with a summary highlighting the major issues and challenges as well as an outline of the articles that follow. The Eighth Edition features both classic readings as well as new readings published within the last five years. New articles on healthcare delivery and interventions address health determinants and improving population health from other countries in the world. Ideal for use at the graduate and undergraduate level, the book can be used either as a stand-alone textbook or a secondary reader to a healthcare related course.