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Putting Health Care On The National Agenda

Attribution
Arnold Birenbaum
Publication Details
Book, Rev. and updated ed, Praeger, 1995
Availability
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(UPPER LEVEL) RA410.53 .B55 1995 AVAILABLE
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Description
A “fine primer…on the health care debate” (JAMA), the book examines such topics as the changing doctor-patient relationship, the growth of managed care, the rise and decline of hospitals, American business and health benefits, and the uninsured in America. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
Author
- Birenbaum, Arnold
Subject
Places in this work
- United States.
Contents
- I. A System in Need of Direction. 1. Dissatisfaction Widespread - Our Leaders Receive a Wake-Up Call. 2. The Changing Relationship with Your Doctor. 3. The Growth of Managed Care and the Backlash. 4. The Challenge to Providers. 5. The Rise and Decline of Hospitals. 6. American Business and Health Benefits. 7. The Uninsured, The Uninsurable, and The Fear of Falling
- II. Current Needs. 8. Vulnerable People. 9. Long-Term Care. 10. People with AIDS. 11. The Right to Die
- III. Caring for the Future. 12. Northern Exposure: The Canadian Experiment. 13. Taking Health Care off the National Agenda - The Failure to Answer the Wake-Up Call
ISBN
- 0275951642
- 0275951634
LCCN
- 95003861
Open Library ID
- /b/OL1272542M