title: Confronting the barriers to health care reform.
abstract: Reforming health care is made more difficult when attention is successfully directed away from the root causes of increasing health care disparity and inflation. This article challenges nurses to accept an active role in health care reform as a part of professional responsibility.
authors.affiliation: Minnesota State University, Mankato, Minnesota, USA. sen.kathy.sheran@senate.mn
authors.forename: Kathy
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sheran
mesh_terms: D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D018166:Health Care Reform / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000458:organization & administration*