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: 9780822335696 | 0822335697
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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

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

Michael S. Sparer

Part II Managed Care, Markets, and Rationing

Bedside Manna

(12)

Deborah Stone

Must Good HMOS 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

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

Kevin Grumbach

Keeping Quality on the Policy Agenda

230

(10)

Elizabeth A. McGlynn

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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