The social medicine reader . Vol. 3 Health policy, markets and medicine / / edited by Jonathan Oberlander
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| Titolo: |
The social medicine reader . Vol. 3 Health policy, markets and medicine / / edited by Jonathan Oberlander
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| Pubblicazione: | Durham, N.C., : Duke University Press |
| Chesham, : Combined Academic [distributor], 2005 | |
| Edizione: | 2nd ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (303 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 362.1/042 |
| 362.1042 | |
| Soggetto topico: | Social medicine |
| Altri autori: |
OberlanderJonathan
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| Note generali: | Previous ed.: 1997. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Part I The Uninsured, Health Care Costs, and Public Programs. The U. S. Health Care System: On a Road to Nowhere? / The U. S. Health Care System: On a Road to Nowhere? / Jonathan Oberlander. Wanted: A Clearly Articulated Social Ethic for American Health Care / Uwe E. Reinhardt. From Bismarck to Medicare? A Brief History of Medical Care Payment in America / Donald L. Madison. The Sad History of Health Care Cost Containment as Told in One Chart / Drew E. Altman and Larry Levitt. The Unsurprising Surprise of Renewed Health Care Cost Inflation / Henry J. Aaron. The Not-So-Sad History of Medicare Cost Containment as Told in One Chart / Thomas Bodenheimer. Medicaid and Medicare: The Unanticipated Politics of Public Insurance Programs / Lawrence D. Brown and Michael S. Sparer -- Part II Managed Care, Markets, and Rationing. Bedside Manna / Deborah Stone. Must Good HMOS Go Bad? The Commercialization of Prepaid Group Health Care / Robert Kuttner. Defending My Life / Geov Parrish. Business vs. Medical Ethics: Conflicting Standards for Managed Care / Wendy K. Mariner. The Prostitute, the Playboy, and the Poet: Rationing Schemes for Organ Transplantation / George J. Annas. Ethics of Queuing for Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting in Canada / Jafna L. Cox. Rationing in Practice: The Case of In Vitro Fertilization / Sharon Redmayne and Rudolf Klein -- Part III International Perspectives and Emerging Issues. Reforming the Health Care System: The Universal Dilemma / Uwe E. Reinhardt. Health Care in Four Nations / Thomas Bodenheimer and Kevin Grumbach. Keeping Quality on the Policy Agenda / Elizabeth A. McGlynn and Robert H. Brook. What's Ahead for Health Insurance in the United States? / Victor R. Fuchs. Luxury Primary Care? Market Innovation or Threat to Access? / Troyen A. Brennan. Correspondence: Response to Luxury Primary Care. Limiting Health Care for the Old / Daniel Callahan. Scapegoating the Aged: Intergenerational Equity and Age-Based Rationing / Robert H. Binstock. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | A collection of readings--for medical students and students of public health-- that deal with social and cultural issues in medicine. |
| Altri titoli varianti: | Health policy, markets and medicine |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The social medicine reader |
| ISBN: | 1-283-02211-7 |
| 9786613022110 | |
| 0-8223-8734-4 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910824218503321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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e-Duke books scholarly collection.