Hippocrates assailed : the American health delivery system

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Hippocrates assailed : the American health delivery system

Gerhard Falk

University Press of America, c1999

  • : cloth
  • : pbk.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [333]-369) and index

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内容説明

Hippocrates Assailed discusses the numerous changes in the American Health Care Delivery System during the past twenty years. Gerhard Falk points out that the changes resulting from the vast technological improvements in medicine, surgery, nursing, and dentistry have increased the gap between patient expectations and the availability of health care. He explores the patients-rights movement, the role of government, and the financial issues in connection with the insurance industry. Falk focuses on the introduction of the Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) as an instrument of health care rationing to constrain the rising cost of medical care. He also addresses the failure of many HMOs to adequately protect and treat patients as they carefully manage profits and interfere with physician autonomy. Falk's broad examination not only discusses modern medical institutions, but also deals with the place of exercise, hospitalization, psychiatric institutions, and the nursing home, in American society.

目次

chapter 1 American Medicine-An Overview at the End of the Century chapter 2 The Political Development of Twentieth Century American Medicine chapter 3 The Education of Physicians: Scientific Specialists or Humanitarians? chapter 4 The Practice of Medicine-the Physician in Action chapter 5 Working by Hand-the World of the Surgeon chapter 6 The Caring Profession-Nursing the Sick chapter 7 Healing the Soul-Psychotherapy Now chapter 8 Magic Potions-Pharmacy for Everyone chapter 9 Health Delivery from Head to Foot: Dentistry, Optometry, etc. chapter 10 Patient, Heal Yourself-Exercise and Nutrition chapter 11 The Hospital Establishment chapter 12 The Mental Hospital chapter 13 The American Nursing Home chapter 14 Bibliography chapter 15 Index

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