Balancing act : the new medical ethics of medicine's new economics / E. Haavi Morreim.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Morreim, E. Haavi.

Series:

Clinical medical ethics (Washington, D.C.)

Clinical medical ethics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medical care--Cost control--Moral and ethical aspects.

Medical care.

Managed care plans (Medical care)--Moral and ethical aspects.

Managed care plans (Medical care).

Health care rationing--Moral and ethical aspects.

Health care rationing.

Physician and patient.

Medical care--Cost control.

Physical Description:

viii, 184 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, [1995]

Summary:

In this volume, Dick Bryan examines the influence of the international economy upon domestic accumulation, describing the process as the expression of the contradiction between the international scope of accumulation and the national scope of its regulation. Developing a theoretical framework for understanding the contradiction within Marxist political economy, he addresses the theory of value on an international scale, as well as theories of global restructuring and crisis. These issues are then applied to those domestic policies - such as monetary policy and balance of payments - that interrelate with the international economy. The author argues that the conventional theories informing these approaches have consistently failed to recognize the contradictions in international accumulation. National economic management has, as a result, reverted to explicit class politics, attempting to solve domestic economic problems by targeting the living standards of labor.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-176) and index.

ISBN:

0878405844

OCLC:

31288757