Inescapable Decisions: The Imperatives of Health ReformTransaction Publishers - 296 pages "Inescapable Decisions" examines the disarray in the American health care system and proposes major corrective strategies. Mechanic shows that the high-technology interventionist type of medicine commonly practiced in the United States has lost its sense of priorities and balance. Expensive and sometimes dangerous procedures of unknown efficacy are used excessively and often inappropriately, while many basic preventive and primary care services remain unavailable to those who need them the most. This incredibly complex system of care operates in an environment of heavy-landed rules and regulations and enormous waste of resources. |
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Page iv
... American Copyright Conven- tions . No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means ... America Library of Congress Cataloging - in - Publication Data Mechanic , David , 1936- Inescapable decisions : the ...
... American Copyright Conven- tions . No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means ... America Library of Congress Cataloging - in - Publication Data Mechanic , David , 1936- Inescapable decisions : the ...
Page vii
... American Medical Care System 2. Sources of Countervailing Power in Medicine 3. Professional Judgment and the Rationing of Medical Care 33333 53 69 II . Need for a New Paradigm 4. Conceptions of Health 101 5. Promoting Health and ...
... American Medical Care System 2. Sources of Countervailing Power in Medicine 3. Professional Judgment and the Rationing of Medical Care 33333 53 69 II . Need for a New Paradigm 4. Conceptions of Health 101 5. Promoting Health and ...
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... American health care system and proposes major corrective strategies . Mechanic shows that the high - technology interventionist type of medicine commonly practiced in the United States has lost its sense of priorities and balance ...
... American health care system and proposes major corrective strategies . Mechanic shows that the high - technology interventionist type of medicine commonly practiced in the United States has lost its sense of priorities and balance ...
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... American life . In the third essay , I pick up on an earlier theme to consider how to constrain costs in a manner sensitive to clinical issues and patient needs . I argue that implicit rationing — that is , establishing budgetary limits ...
... American life . In the third essay , I pick up on an earlier theme to consider how to constrain costs in a manner sensitive to clinical issues and patient needs . I argue that implicit rationing — that is , establishing budgetary limits ...
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... encounters and the shape of health care services . Greater awareness of the issues can help us define more effective and more humane policies . PARTI The Medical Care System in Disarray 1 The American Introduction XV.
... encounters and the shape of health care services . Greater awareness of the issues can help us define more effective and more humane policies . PARTI The Medical Care System in Disarray 1 The American Introduction XV.
Contents
The American Medical Care System | 3 |
Sources of Countervailing Power in Medicine | 53 |
Professional Judgment and the Rationing of Medical Care | 69 |
Conceptions of Health | 101 |
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Inescapable Decisions | 229 |
Medical Sociology Some Tensions between Theory Method and Substance | 249 |
The Role of Sociology in Health Affairs | 275 |
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References to this book
A Call to Be Whole: The Fundamentals of Health Care Reform Barbara J. Sowada No preview available - 2003 |
Choice, Behavioral Economics, and Addiction Rudolph Eugene Vuchinich,Nick Heather Limited preview - 2003 |