Managing Care: A Shared Responsibility

The effective management of appropriate health care should be able to contain medical care costs and improve accessibility while addressing rationing concerns. However, managed care in the United States has not lived up to the expectations set for it. Managed care quickly gained popularity among emp...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Verheijde, Joseph L. (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2006.
Edición:1st ed. 2006.
Colección:Issues in Business Ethics, 22
Temas:
Medical sciences.
Ethics.
Business.
Management science.
Management.
Bioethics.
Health Sciences.
Moral Philosophy and Applied Ethics.
Business and Management.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part 1. Health Care Costs and Scarcity. Introduction
  • Development of Managed Care
  • Rationing: A Dilemma for Ethicists
  • Responsibility
  • Part 2. The Concept of Managed Care and its Practical Implications
  • Introduction
  • Quality of Care in Managed Care
  • History of Managed Care
  • Where Does Managed Care Find its Market
  • Definition of Managed Care
  • Managed Care as Unknown Territory
  • Methodological Concerns Regarding Data Collection
  • Population-Based Distribution and Individual Autonomy
  • Balancing Responsibilities
  • Changes in Managed Care
  • Part 3. Ideology: The Silent Partner
  • Introduction
  • The Concept of Ideology
  • Ideology In Medicine
  • The Context of Scarcity and its Ideological Impact on Health Care
  • Conclusion
  • Part 4. Concept of Genuine Responsibility
  • Introduction
  • Changing the Focus In Health Care Distribution
  • The Notion of Responsibility
  • Justice And Health Care
  • Key Presumptions
  • Part 5: Revising The Template For Modeling Health Care
  • Introduction
  • Necessity For Change
  • Defining Health And Health Care
  • The Main Parties Involved
  • Part 6: Theoretical Reflections
  • Introduction
  • Managed Care
  • The Problem: Who Is Responsible For What?- Justice As Appropriation
  • A Template For Responsible Healthcare Distribution
  • Part 7: Implementation In U.S. Health Care System: Challenges And Opportunities
  • Introduction
  • Changing The Views on Business And Profits
  • Individual Entitlement And Social Justice
  • The Role of Government
  • Health Care Planning
  • Health Care Budgeting
  • Special Interest Groups And Policy Making
  • The Minimum Health Care Benefit Package
  • The Contribution of Evidence Based Medicine
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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