Strangers in the night : law and medicine in the managed care era / Peter D. Jacobson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jacobson, Peter D.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Managed care plans (Medical care)--Law and legislation--United States.

Managed care plans (Medical care).

Managed care plans (Medical care)--Law and legislation.

United States.

Medical care--Law and legislation--United States.

Medical care.

Medical care--Law and legislation.

Medical laws and legislation--United States.

Medical laws and legislation.

Medical policy--United States.

Medical policy.

Managed Care Programs--legislation & jurisprudence.

Delivery of Health Care--legislation & jurisprudence.

Medical Subjects:

Managed Care Programs--legislation & jurisprudence.

United States.

Delivery of Health Care--legislation & jurisprudence.

Physical Description:

xvii, 296 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.

Contents:

Part I Historical Perspectives on Law and Medicine

2. From Cooperation to Contention 25

3. From Liability to Business 48

Part II The Judicial Response to Managed Care

4. Historical Precursors 73

5. The Courts and Managed Care

Establishing the Rules 96

6. Immunity 125

7. The Backlash 152

8. Managed Care Litigation

Shaping Policy and Health-Care Delivery 176

Part III Restoring the Primacy of the Physician-Patient Relationship

9. Mutual Distrust Between Attorneys and Physicians 201

10. Fiduciary Duty 222

11. Strangers in the Night, or Conciliation and Cooperation? 250.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-285) and index.

ISBN:

0195152719

OCLC:

49226035