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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778370003321

Autore

Callahan Daniel <1930->

Titolo

Medicine and the market [[electronic resource] ] : equity v. choice / / Daniel Callahan, Angela A. Wasunna

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006

ISBN

0-8018-8881-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (334 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

WasunnaAngela A. <1973->

Disciplina

362.1/068/8

Soggetti

Medical economics

Medical care - Marketing

Health services administration

Medical ethics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [275]-310) and index.

Nota di contenuto

From Adam Smith to HMOs: the origins of medicine and the market -- A tale of two cultures: Canada and the United States -- The endurance of solidarity: universal health care in Western Europe and elsewhere -- The market in developing countries: an ongoing experiment -- The market wild card: pharmaceuticals -- The value of the market: what does the evidence show? -- The future of the market in health care: undercurrents from the past, riptides from the future.