The corrosion of medicine : can the profession reclaim its moral legacy? / John Geyman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Geyman, John P., 1931-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medical care--United States.

Medical care.

United States.

Social medicine--United States.

Social medicine.

Physical Description:

xviii, 344 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Monroe, Maine : Common Courage Press, [2008]

Contents:

Foreword: Fix the System with Medicare for All Marcia Angell, M.D., former Editor-in-Chief, New England Journal of Medicine xi

Part I Historical Background

Chapter 1 Medicine as a Moral Enterprise: A Legacy of Promethean Gifts 1

Chapter 2 The Rise of the Medical Industrial Complex: A Sea Change in Health Care 15

Chapter 3 Medicine and Markets: What's the Problem? 31

Chapter 4 Public Health: From Partner to Neglected Stepchild of Medicine 47

Part II The Business Ethos and Market-Driven Health Care

Chapter 5 Inside the Medical Arms Race: Winners and Losers 61

Chapter 6 Market Tiers and Patients' Tears: The Human Costs of an Unfettered Market 83

Chapter 7 Where Are Market Forces Taking Us? And Why Aren't They Self-Correcting? 99

Part III Complicity of the Medical Profession

Chapter 8 Doctors on the Take: Pervasive, Often Hidden Physician Conflicts of Interest 117

Chapter 9 Where Are the Regulators, and Is Effective Regulation Politically Achievable? 139

Chapter 10 How Has the Unrestrained Medical Marketplace Impacted the Profession? 161

Part IV Reclaiming Medicine's Moral Credibility

Chapter 11 Where Are We Going? Options for System Reform 185

Chapter 12 A Needs-Based and Problem-Oriented Action Plan for Medicine 209

Chapter 13 Our Patients as Allies: Where the Public Stands 219

Chapter 14 Restoring Professionalism and Medical Ethics 237

Chapter 15 Building a New Partnership with Public Health 253

Chapter 16 Medicine's Twin Crises as Opportunities to Lead 263

Appendix Suggested Readings and Other Resources 273.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1567513840

9781567513844

OCLC:

171551663