Innovating in community mental health : international perspectives /
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| Imprint: | Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 1995. |
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| Description: | xvi, 192 p. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2394287 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- A Framework for Innovation and Change to Improve the Quality of Life of Persons with Severe and Persistent Mental Illness
- Persistent and Severe Mental Illness: Its Impact, Status, and Future Challenges by Leonard I. Stein
- Theory and Framework for Evaluating the Implementation of Change by Rockwell Schulz and Gregory Greenberg
- Deteriorating health-care system in the US and the toughchoices that will have to be made in the future before atotal collapse occurs in the not-to o-distant future
- Thebook is well written and avoids the pitfalls that couldtrap the author in cliches and hyper-speculation
- Thereview of the current system is detailed and takes greatcare to explain to the reader how we got where we are now inhealth-care
- In the second section, current needs areexamined with emphas is on long-term care, AIDS, and theright to die
- The final section provides a comparison withthe Canadian system and explain s the consequences of notbeginning health-care reform now
- Useful in health-caremanagement and administration studies
- Preface
- Introduction
- A System in Need of Direction
- Dissatisfaction Widespread--Our Leaders Receive a Wake-Up Call
- The Changing Relationship with Your Doctor
- The Growth of Managed Care and the Backlash
- The Challenge to Providers