The Medical Triangle - Physicians, Politicians, and the Public

List of contents

Part 1 The changing health care system: the destabilization of health care; for-profit medicine; American medicine - the power shift; privatization of health care; high-tech medicine. Part 2 Important subsystems: academic health centres; foundations and the nations's health agenda; the community health care centre; health care in New York City. Part 3 Medical education, the physician supply and nursing: the reform of medical education; the politics of physician supply; nursing. Part 4 Patients' needs and resources: clinical decision-making in catastrophic situations; rationing cancer care; health care for the elderly; psychiatry before the year 2000; medical care for the poor. Part 5 Health agenda issues: balancing dollars and quality; a hard look at cost containment; US health policy - expectations and realities.

Summary

Runaway medical costs, long-term care, market competition are but a few of the issues in American health care. Here, Ginzberg examines questions such as how much of the system should be kept and how much should be changed.

Product details

• Authors: Ginzberg, Eli Ginzberg
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.03.1992
• EAN: 9780674563261
• ISBN: 978-0-674-56326-1
• Weight: 454 g
• Illustrations: 12 line illustrations, 30 tables
• Series: Physicians, Politicians, and t; Physicians, Politicians, and t
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration; USA, MEDICAL / Health Care Delivery, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Services, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Emergency Management, United States of America, USA, Emergency Services, Health systems & services, Health systems and services