The social medicine reader. Vol. 3, Health policy, markets and medicine / edited by Jonathan Oberlander.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Oberlander, Jonathan.

Series:

e-Duke books scholarly collection.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social medicine.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (303 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Other Title:

Health policy, markets, and medicine

Place of Publication:

Durham, N.C. : Duke University Press ; Chesham : Combined Academic [distributor], 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A collection of readings--for medical students and students of public health-- that deal with social and cultural issues in medicine.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Previous ed.: 1997.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9786613022110

9781283022118

1283022117

9780822387343

0822387344

OCLC:

226068286