Debates on U.S. health care / / editors, Jennie Jacobs Kronenfeld, Wendy E. Parmet, Mark A. Zezza

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910790334803321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Thousand Oaks, Calif. : , : SAGE Publications, , 2012
• ISBN: 1-4833-0606-2; 1-78268-366-6; 1-4522-6664-6; 1-4522-1847-1
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xvii, 569 pages) : illustrations
• Collana: A Sage reference publication
• Disciplina: 362.10973
• Soggetti: Medical policy - United States; Medical economics - United States; Public health - Moral and ethical aspects - United States
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based on print version record.; "Sage reference."
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Cover ""; ""Contents""; ""About the Editors""; ""About the Contributors""; ""Preface""; ""Philosophical, Political, and Legal Debates""; "" Introduction""; ""Chapter 1 - Moral Significance of Health Care""; ""Point""; ""Counterpoint""; ""Chapter 2 - Health Care and Human Health""; ""Point""; ""Counterpoint""; ""Chapter 3 - Health Care as a Human Right""; ""Point""; ""Counterpoint""; ""Chapter 4 - Individual and Societal Responsibility for Health""; ""Point""; ""Counterpoint""; ""Chapter 5 - The Role of the Market in Health Care""; ""Point""; ""Counterpoint""; ""Chapter 6 - Racial Disparities in Health Status and Accessing Health Care""""Point""; ""Counterpoint""; ""Chapter 7 - Single-Payer Health Care System""; ""Point""; ""Counterpoint""; ""Chapter 8 - Public Opinion and Health Care Reform""; ""Point""; ""Counterpoint""; ""Chapter 9 - States' Rights and Health Care Reform""; ""Point""; ""Counterpoint""; ""Chapter 10 - Liberty and the Individual Mandate""; ""Point""; ""Counterpoint""; ""Chapter 11 - Federal Authority Over the Individual Mandate""; ""Point""; ""Counterpoint""; ""Chapter 12 - Underserved Communities ; and Health Care Reform""; ""Point""""Counterpoint""; ""Chapter 13 - Abortion and Reproductive Health Services""; ""Point""; ""Counterpoint""; ""Chapter 14 - Reforming Medical Malpractice Liability""; ""Point""; ""Counterpoint""; ""Economic and Fiscal Debates""; ""Introduction""; ""Chapter 15 - Individual Mandate""; ""Point""; ""Counterpoint""; ""Chapter 16 - Insurance Regulation""; ""Point""; ""Counterpoint""; ""Chapter 17 - Insurance Exchanges""; ""Point""; ""Counterpoint""; ""Chapter 18 - Employer Mandate""; ""Point""; ""Counterpoint""; ""Chapter 19 - Deficit Reduction""; ""Point""; ""Counterpoint""; ""Chapter 20 - Tax Treatment of Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance""""Point""; ""Counterpoint""; ""Chapter 21 - Taxing High-Cost (Cadillac) Plans""; ""Point""; ""Counterpoint""; ""Chapter 22 - Price Transparency""; ""Point""; ""Counterpoint""; ""Chapter 23 - Accountable Care Organizations""; ""Point""; ""Counterpoint""; ""Chapter 24 - Independent Payment Advisory Board""; ""Point""; ""Counterpoint""; ""Chapter 25 - Medicare Negotiations of Drug Pricing""; ""Point""; ""Counterpoint""; ""Chapter 26 - Medicaid Program Flexibility""; ""Point""; ""Counterpoint""; ""Quality Debates""; ""Introduction""""Chapter 27 - Primary Care Versus Specialization""; ""Point""; ""Counterpoint""; ""Chapter 28 - Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants""; ""Point""; ""Counterpoint""; ""Chapter 29 - Female Physicians""; ""Point""; ""Counterpoint""; ""Chapter 30 - Ethnic Background of Physicians and Patients""; ""Point""; ""Counterpoint""; ""Chapter 31 - Home Care""; ""Point""; ""Counterpoint""; ""Chapter 32 - Centralized Versus Decentralized Control""; ""Point""; ""Counterpoint""; ""Chapter 33 - Comparative-Effectiveness Research""; ""Point""; ""Counterpoint""; ""Chapter 34 - Information Technology Adoption""
• Sommario/riassunto: This issues-based reference work shines a spotlight on health care policy and practice in the United States, using introductory essays followed by articles to explore prominent and perennially important debates to provide readers with views on multiple sides of this complex issue.