The truth about health care : why reform is not working in America /
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| Author / Creator: | Mechanic, David, 1936- |
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| Imprint: | New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2006. |
| Description: | xi, 228 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Critical issues in health and medicine |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6120754 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- Introduction
- Part I. Our Health Dilemma
- Chapter 1. Is Reform Possible? The Need for Change and the Forces Against It
- Chapter 2. What Is Disease and What Should We Treat?
- Chapter 3. Saving Lives Individually or in Populations
- Chapter 4. The Murky Challenge of Mental Health
- Chapter 5. The Activated Patient and the Doctors' Dilemma
- Chapter 6. The Neglect of Long-Term Care
- Part II. The Struggle for Solutions
- Chapter 7. The Quest for Quality
- Chapter 8. Setting Fair Limits
- Chapter 9. Restoring Trust in the Health System
- Part III. The Fork in the Road
- Chapter 10. The Challenge of Change
- Chapter 11. Steps in Our Health Future
- Notes
- Index
