| Description |
xii, 247 pages ; 23 cm |
| Series |
The Pilgrim library of ethics |
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Pilgrim library of ethics.
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| Contents |
1. The Crisis Called Managed Care / David A. Bennahum -- Pt. 1. Legal Issues. 2. The Historical Roots of Managed Care / Jake Spidle. 3. How Law and Regulation Shape Managed Care / Robert L. Schwartz. 4. Implications for Vulnerable Populations / Jay A. Jacobson -- Pt. 2. Financial Issues. 5. The Economics of Managed Care / Max D. Bennett. 6. Financial Incentives to Physicians / David H. Johnson. 7. Impacts on Medicaid and the Uninsured / Daniel J. Derksen, Saverio Sava and Arthur Kaufman. 8. Impacts on Public Teaching Hospitals / Stephen W. McKernan. 9. Impacts on Biomedical Research / Laura Weiss Roberts, Janet L. Brody and Teddy D. Warner / [et al.] -- Pt. 3. Ethical Issues. 10. The Ethics of Managed Care / Joan McIver Gibson. 11. Gatekeepers and Gatekeeping / Richard H. Rubin. 12. Futility and Extraordinary Care / Lawrence J. Schneiderman. 13. Persons with HIV Disease / Bruce Williams |
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14. Persons with Mental Illness / Laura Weiss Roberts, Kathryn Fraser and Diana Quinn / [et al.]. 15. Religion and Pastoral Care / B. Gail Joralemon and David Hartenberger. 16. What Does the Future Hold for Managed Care? / Mary Anderlik -- App. Managed Care Information Resources / Kirsten R. Shelstad |
| Summary |
"Managed Care takes a hard, balanced look at the realities of managed health care, assembling the key decision makers in the Albuquerque, New Mexico, health care area - from the CEO of the hospital system to the director of managed care, a home health care specialist, a lawyer, chaplains, and professors at the medical school - to examine the critical issues facing managed care today."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
Managed care plans (Medical care)
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Managed care plans (Medical care) -- Economic aspects.
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Managed care plans (Medical care) -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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| Author |
Bennahum, David A., 1936-
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| LC no. |
98050328 |
| ISBN |
0829812741 paperback alkaline paper |
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