The Social Medicine Reader

, by Oberlander, Jonathan; Churchill, Larry R.; Estroff, Sue E.; Henderson, Gail E.; King, Nancy M. P.

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ISBN: 9780822335566 | 0822335565
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 9/30/2005

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Social and Cultural Contributions to Health, Difference, and Inequality is the second of three volumes in the second edition of The Social Medicine Reader, a provocative and engaging survey of the challenging issues facing today's health care providers, patients, and caregivers.

Preface to the Second Edition

vii

Introduction

(4)

Part I The Uninsured, Health Care Costs, and Public Programs

The U.S. Health Care System: On a Road to Nowhere?,

(20)

Jonathan Oberlander

Wanted: A Clearly Articulated Social Ethic for American Health Care,

(6)

Uwe E. Reinhardt

From Bismarck to Medicare—A Brief History of Medical Care Payment in America,

(36)

Donald L. Madison

The Sad History of Health Care Cost Containment as Told in One Chart,

(3)

Drew E. Altman and Larry Levitt

The Unsurprising Surprise of Renewed Health Care Cost Inflation,

(3)

Henry J. Aaron

The Not-So-Sad History of Medicare Cost Containment as Told in One Chart,

(3)

Thomas Bodenheimer

Medicaid and Medicare: The Unanticipated Politics of Public Insurance Programs,

(19)

Lawrence D. Brown and Michael S. Sparer

Part II Managed Care, Markets, and Rationing

Bedside Manna,

(12)

Deborah Stone

Must Good limos Go Bad? The Commercialization of Prepaid Group Health Care,

107

(12)

Robert Kuttner

Defending My Life,

119

(9)

Geov Parrish

Business vs. Medical Ethics: Conflicting Standards for Managed Care,

128

(22)

Wendy K. Mariner

The Prostitute, the Playboy, and the Poet: Rationing Schemes for Organ Transplantation,

150

(8)

George J. Annas

Ethics of Queuing for Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting in Canada,

158

(9)

Jafna L. Cox

Rationing in Practice: The Case of In Vitro Fertilization,

167

(12)

Sharon Redmayne and Rudolf Klein

Part III International Perspectives and Emerging Issues

Reforming the Health Care System: The Universal Dilemma,

179

(20)

Uwe E. Reinhardt

Health Care in Four Nations,

199

(31)

Thomas Bodenheimer and Kevin Grumbach

Keeping Quality on the Policy Agenda,

230

(10)

Elizabeth A. McGlynn and Robert H. Brook

What's Ahead for Health Insurance in the United States?,

240

(6)

Victor R. Fuchs

Luxury Primary Care—Market Innovation or Threat to Access?,

246

(9)

Troyen A. Brennan

Correspondence: Response to "Luxury Primary Care"

255

(5)

Limiting Health Care for the Old,

260

(7)

Daniel Callahan

Scapegoating the Aged: Intergenerational Equity and Age-Based Rationing,

267

(18)

Robert H. Binstock

Index to Authors

285

(2)

About the Editors

287

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