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Record Nr.

UNINA9910807111503321

Titolo

Reason and rationality in health and human services delivery / / John T. Pardeck, Charles F. Longino, Jr., John W. Murphy, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

1-317-94859-9

1-317-94860-2

1-315-86240-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (129 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

LonginoCharles F. <1938->

MurphyJohn W

PardeckJohn T

Disciplina

362.1/01

362.101

Soggetti

Medical care - Philosophy

Medical ethics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Co-published simultaneously as Journal of health & social policy, volume 9, number 4, 1998."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Reason and Rationality in Health and Human Services Delivery: An Introduction; Reason, the Life-World, and Health Care Delivery; Rationalizing Decision-Making Through ComputerTechnology: A Critical Appraisal; Sociomedical Models and the Epistemology of Risk: The Shortcomings of Medical Decision-Making Research; Community-Based Epidemiology: Community Involvement in Defining Social Risk; A World View Model of Health Care Utilization: The Impact of Social and Provider Context on Health Care Decision-Making

Health Care Policy in Theory and Practice: A Review of the Process as a Product of Rational Decision-MakingThe Limits of Scientific Medicine: Paradigm Strain and Social Policy; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Reason and Rationality in Health and Human Services Delivery is the first book to discuss the topic of decisionmaking and services from a multidisciplinary approach. It uses theory and social considerations, not just technology, as a basis for improved services. Health and human



service students and professionals will learn how to form rational and reasonable decisions that take their clients'cultural backgrounds into consideration when identifying an illness or appropriating any kind of intervention. With a particular emphasis on theories, models, organizational settings, technologi