| ABSTRACT | 第1-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-6页 |
| ACKNOWLEDGMENTS | 第6-11页 |
| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第11-17页 |
| ·Critical Background | 第11-14页 |
| ·Objectives of the Current Study | 第14-15页 |
| ·Methodology | 第15页 |
| ·Organization of the Thesis | 第15-17页 |
| CHAPTER TWO INTEREST GROUPS AND PUBLIC POLICY | 第17-29页 |
| ·Interest Groups | 第17-21页 |
| ·Definition of interest groups | 第17-18页 |
| ·Categories of interest groups | 第18-19页 |
| ·Tactics of interest groups | 第19-21页 |
| ·Public Policy | 第21-26页 |
| ·Theory of public policy | 第22-24页 |
| ·Function of interest groups in public policy-making | 第24-25页 |
| ·Links of interest groups influencing policy-making | 第25-26页 |
| ·Interest Groups and Their Influences | 第26-29页 |
| CHAPTER THREE INTEREST GROUPS AND OBAMA'S MEDICAL REFORM | 第29-45页 |
| ·A Brief Introduction to American Medical Reform | 第29-34页 |
| ·Emergence of health care before 1930s | 第29-30页 |
| ·Private and social health reform from 1930s to 1940s | 第30-32页 |
| ·National medical reform before 2008 | 第32-34页 |
| ·Obama and His Health Reform | 第34-39页 |
| ·Background of Obama's reform | 第34-36页 |
| ·Partisan and public's attitude | 第36-38页 |
| ·Components and prospects of Obama's plan | 第38-39页 |
| ·Interest Groups Affecting Medical Public Policy-making | 第39-41页 |
| ·Interest groups and Their Roles in Obama's Reform | 第41-45页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR INTEREST GROUPS' IMPACTS ON POLICY-MAKING | 第45-52页 |
| ·Positive Impacts on Public Policy | 第45-46页 |
| ·Negative Impacts on Public Policy | 第46-48页 |
| ·Balance between interest groups and government | 第48-52页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE CONCLUSION | 第52-55页 |
| WORKS CITED | 第55-58页 |
| RESEARCH ACHIEVEMENTS | 第58-59页 |
| PERSONAL PROFILES | 第59-61页 |
