Inescapable Decisions: The Imperatives of Health Reform"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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Social medicine - United States . 3 . Health planning - United States . I. Title . [ DNLM : 1. Health Policy - United States - collected works . 2 . Delivery of Health Care - organization & administration - United States - collected ...
Social medicine - United States . 3 . Health planning - United States . I. Title . [ DNLM : 1. Health Policy - United States - collected works . 2 . Delivery of Health Care - organization & administration - United States - collected ...
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... Tensions between Theory , Method , and Substance B. The Role of Sociology in Health Affairs Index ix xi 338 53 69 101 119 137 153 165 213 229 249 275 291 Social Science Medicine Public Policy Inescapable Decisions The Imperatives of.
... Tensions between Theory , Method , and Substance B. The Role of Sociology in Health Affairs Index ix xi 338 53 69 101 119 137 153 165 213 229 249 275 291 Social Science Medicine Public Policy Inescapable Decisions The Imperatives of.
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Social Science Medicine Public Policy Inescapable Decisions The Imperatives of Health Reform David Mechanic Inescapable Decisions examines the disarray in the American health care system and proposes major corrective strategies .
Social Science Medicine Public Policy Inescapable Decisions The Imperatives of Health Reform David Mechanic Inescapable Decisions examines the disarray in the American health care system and proposes major corrective strategies .
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I examine current research that shows that health is truly a social phenomenon and very much influenced by individuals ' sense of social well - being . I explore the need for a broader strategy to promote health and prevent illness and ...
I examine current research that shows that health is truly a social phenomenon and very much influenced by individuals ' sense of social well - being . I explore the need for a broader strategy to promote health and prevent illness and ...
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The book also includes an appendix with two papers that focus on issues in the social sciences of medicine and its contrasting cultures . These essays don't neatly fit the main part of the book . The appendix looks inwardly at the ...
The book also includes an appendix with two papers that focus on issues in the social sciences of medicine and its contrasting cultures . These essays don't neatly fit the main part of the book . The appendix looks inwardly at the ...
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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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| Title | Inescapable Decisions: The Imperatives of Health Reform |
| Author | David Mechanic |
| Publisher | Transaction Publishers |
| ISBN | 1412826225, 9781412826228 |
| Length | 296 pages |
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