Health Care Policy in an Age of New Technologies

1. Auflage 2002
ISBN: 978-0-7656-0646-4
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 416 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 667 g

Revolutionary advances in biomedical research and information systems technology pose new and difficult issues for American health care policy, especially in the context of managed care. Health Care Policy in a New Millennium takes on this challenging array of issues where the dignity of individual life meets the imperatives of national-level health-care systems - patients' rights, rationing of care, organ transplants, genetic research, confidentiality of medical records, the right to die, and other ethical dilemmas. The book places these critical questions about the quality of life in our society in their political, legal, social, economic, and ethical contexts.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Patel, Kant

Rushefsky, Mark E

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1 Technology, Values, and Health Care Policy in the New Millennium; Chapter 2 The Right to Die; Chapter 3 Organ Transplants; Chapter 4 Genetic Research and Health Care; Chapter 5 Privacy of Medical Records and Confidentiality; Chapter 6 Health Care Rationing; Chapter 7 Patients’ Bill of Rights; Chapter 8 Medical Education and Physician Training; Chapter 9 Conclusion;

Über Autor(innen)

Kant Patel, Mark E. Rushefsky