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Department of Health and Human Services, U.S.

By: Elizabeth Rholetter Purdy
In: Encyclopedia of Human Services and Diversity
Edited by: Linwood H. Cousins
Subject:Community Mental Health
Keywords:budgeting; Department of Health; health services; long term care; Medicare; preventive care; Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program

The concept of social welfare in which the government is responsible for providing a basic standard of living for all Americans was introduced by President Franklin D. Roosevelt as an essential element of his New Deal in the 1930s. Governmental responsibility ...

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  Purdy, E. (2014). Department of health and human services, u.s. In L. H. Cousins (Ed.), Encyclopedia of human services and diversity (Vol. 1, pp. 350-352). SAGE Publications, Inc., https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781483346663.n159
  
  Purdy, Elizabeth Rholetter. "Department of Health and Human Services, U.S." In Encyclopedia of Human Services and Diversity, edited by Cousins, Linwood H., 350-52. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2014. https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781483346663.n159.
  
  Purdy, E. 2014. Department of Health and Human Services, U.S.. In: Linwood H. Cousins Editor, 2014. Encyclopedia of Human Services and Diversity, Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. pp. 350-352 Available at: <https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781483346663.n159> [Accessed 15 Aug 2022].
  
  Purdy, Elizabeth Rholetter. "Department of Health and Human Services, U.S.." Encyclopedia of Human Services and Diversity. Edited by Linwood H. Cousins. Vol. 1. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2014, pp. 350-52. SAGE Knowledge. 15 Aug 2022, doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781483346663.n159.
  
  Purdy, Elizabeth Rholetter (2014). Department of health and human services, u.s. In: Cousins, Linwood H. (Ed.),Department of health and human services, U.S. Encyclopedia of human services and diversity Vol. 1. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc.; 2014:350-352. doi:10.4135/9781483346663.n159
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