Healthcare Corruption : Causes, Costs, Consequences and Criminal Justice

• Autore: Brooks Graham
• Pubblicazione: Cham : , : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2024; ©2024
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (236 pages)
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Contents -- 1 Introduction -- Definitions and Terminology -- Outline of the Book -- Chapter Synopsis -- References -- Part I Definition, Types, Measurement and Costs of Healthcare Corruption -- 2 Healthcare Corruption: An Interdisciplinary Problem -- Introduction -- Healthcare Corruption and the Corruption of Healthcare: Theoretical Approaches -- Rational, Economic Corruption -- Legal to Illegal Corruption -- Political Corruption -- Healthcare Corruption: The Broad Church of Criminology -- The Power to Heal and Power to Steal: The Power of Consensual Legitimacy -- Conclusion -- References -- 3 Healthcare Corruption and the Problem of Measurement -- Introduction -- Types of Healthcare Corruption -- The Measurement of Healthcare Corruption: The Breadth of Techniques -- The Prevention and Reduction of Healthcare Corruption: Volume, Velocity, Variety and Veracity of Data -- The Private Sector: The Power to Define Healthcare Corruption -- Conclusion -- References -- 4 The Costs and Impacts of Healthcare Corruption -- Introduction -- The Costs of Crime: Money as the Currency Of Justice? -- Estimating the Costs of Crime -- The Costs of Healthcare Corruption -- The Cost of Healthcare: Informal Payments, Bribes and Extortion -- Healthcare Systems as a Cost: Preventing or Contributing to Costly Corruption? -- Conclusion -- References -- Part II Avenues of Healthcare Corruption -- 5 Telemedicine and the Online Pharmacy Sector: Healthcare at a Distance and Avenues of Corruption -- Introduction -- Telemedicine -- Healthcare Online: The Potential for Corruption -- The Corruption of Telemedicine -- Regulatory Oversight of Telemedicine -- The Online Pharmacy Market and Corruption -- Regulatory Oversight of the Online Pharmacy Market -- Conclusion -- References -- 6 Counterfeit and Substandard Healthcare Medicine and Products: An International Problem. ; Introduction -- A Problem of Definition -- Social, Economic and Health Impact of 'Poor-Quality Medicine' -- Counterfeit Medicine: The Case in Nigeria -- 'Substandard Medicine': A Problem for All Nations -- The Routine Corruption of Healthcare -- Conclusion -- References -- 7 Defensive Healthcare Practice: An Environment for Corruption -- Introduction -- Defensive Practice: Preventing the Exposure of Healthcare Corruption -- Regulatory Oversight or Capture: Incompetence or Complicit Corruption? -- The Power of Medical Knowledge -- Conclusion -- References -- Part III Healthcare as a System of Exclusion and Control -- 8 Is the Healthcare Sector Part of a Carceral State? -- Introduction -- Institutional Control: The Medical, Carceral 'Shadow State' -- Mental Health and the Carceral State -- Criminal Justice and Health Inequality -- Conclusion -- References -- 9 Uncaring Homes: The Corruption of Care and the Control and Exclusion of Residents and Patients -- Introduction -- Neglect and Abuse: Poor Care to the Corruption of Care -- The Corruption of Care: Offenders and Victims -- The Corruption of Care: Institutions -- Exposing the Corruption of Care -- Conclusion -- References -- Part IV Reducing Healthcare Corruption -- 10 Rational Choice and Behavioural Economics -- Introduction -- An 'Rational' Economic Approach to Corruption -- Is Crime a Rational Choice? -- Explaining Actions: Behavioural Economics -- Is It Rational for Individuals and Institutions to Remain Silent? -- Conclusion -- References -- 11 A Nudge in the Right Direction: Persuading People to Change -- Introduction -- A Theoretical Approach to Nudging: The Dual Process Model -- Key Elements of Nudging: A Range of Techniques at Our Disposal? -- Nudging: Part of the Toolbox of Anti-corruption Initiatives -- Limitations of Nudging in Reducing Corruption. ; Fatalism and the Persistence of Corruption -- Conclusion -- References -- 12 Conclusion -- Final Reflections -- Preventing Corruption in the Healthcare Sector -- References -- Index.
• Titolo autorizzato: Healthcare Corruption
• ISBN: 3-031-58942-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910864196903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II