Doing better and feeling worse: health in the United States
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Other Authors: Knowles, John H. 1926-1979 (Editor), Bennett, Ivan L. 1922-1990 (Contributor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York Norton ©1977
Subjects:
Item Description:Contents: The medicalization and demedicalization of American society / Renee C. Fox -- Health and society: some ethical imperatives / Daniel Callahan -- On the science and technology of medicine / Lewis Thomas -- Therapeutic choice and moral doubt in a technological age / Stanley Joel Reiser -- The responsibility of the individual / John H. Knowles -- The challenge of primary care / David E. Rogers -- Doing better and feeling worse: the political pathology of health policy / Aaron Wildavsky -- Technology as a shaping force / Ivan L. Bennett, Jr. -- Evaluating the physician and his technology / Walsh McDermott -- Health and the search for new knowledge / Donald S. Frederickson -- Medical education in the United States / Robert H. Ebert -- The provider, the government, and the consumer / Merlin K. Duval -- Institutional organization, incentives, and change / Ernest W. Saward -- Health services, power centers, and decision-making mechanisms / Eli Ginzberg -- The financing of health care / Herbert E. Klarman -- The search for care / Leon Eisenberg -- The needs of children / Julius B. Richmond -- Mental health: progress and problems / Philip Berger, Beatrix Hamburg, and David Hamburg
Physical Description:VIII, 287 Seiten 24 cm
ISBN:0393064190

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