Abandonment of the patient : the impact of profit-driven health care on the public
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Abandonment of the patient : the impact of profit-driven health care on the public
Springer Pub. Co., c1996
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
This is an examination of how health care downsizing and "for-profit" managed care in the USA is affecting quality of care, patient outcomes and staffing patterns.
Table of Contents
- Part 1 The setting for health care change: the corporatization of American health care and why it is happening. Part 2 Voices from the field - the economic pressures on patients and practitioners: a patient's view
- a nurse's view
- a physician's view
- a nursing administrator's view
- a hospital administrator's view. Part 3 Rescuing quality care - perspectives and strategies: the case for managed care
- the case against profit-driven managed care
- a historial perspective
- legal nightmares
- remedies
- the political aftermath of health care reform
- do ethics and money mix? the moral implications of the corporatization of health care. Conclusion: what can we do to protect quality care?
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