Conflicts of interest and the future of medicine : the United States, France, and Japan / Marc A. Rodwin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rodwin, Marc A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medical economics--United States.

Medical economics.

Medical economics--Japan.

Medical economics--France.

Conflict of interests--United States.

Conflict of interests.

Conflict of interests--Japan.

Conflict of interests--France.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (392 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford, England : Oxford University Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book examines the development of conflicts of interest in the healthcare systems of the US, France, and Japan. It shows that national differences in the organization of medical practice and the interplay of organized medicine, the market, and the state give rise to variations in the type and prevalence of such conflicts.

Contents:

The heart of the matter

The evolution of the French medicine

Coping with physicians' conflicts of interest in France

The rise of a protected medical market : the United States before 1950

The commercial transformation : the United States, 1950-1980

The logic of medical markets : the United States, 1980 to the present

Coping with physicians' conflicts of interest in the United States

The evolution of Japanese medicine

Coping with physicians' conflicts of interest in Japan

Reforms

Professionalism reconsidered.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on May 11, 2011).

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-979304-2

0-19-933043-3

9786612977350

1-282-97735-0

0-19-979250-X

OCLC:

704352160