American health care : realities, rights, and reforms /
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| Author / Creator: | Dougherty, Charles J., 1949- |
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| Imprint: | New York : Oxford University Press, 1988. |
| Description: | x, 227 p. ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/861827 |
Table of Contents:
- Part 1. Realities
- 1. Some American Health Care Realities: Access to Needed Care; Quality of Care; Rising Costs
- Part 2. Rights
- 2. A Right to Health Care: The Concept of a Right; For and Against a Right to Health Care
- 3. Utilitarianism: Optimal Consequences; Prudent Insurance
- 4. Egalitarianism: Equal Intrinsic Value; Substantive Equality
- 5. Libertarianism: Liberty and Ownership; Compensatory Rights
- 6. Contractarianism: The Social Contract; Liberty, Opportunity, and Wealth
- 7. Plural Foundations: Proof and Persons; Four Health Care Rights; Rights, Clarity, and Ideals
- Part 3. Reforms
- 8. Market Reforms: Pure Competition; A Hobbled Market
- 9. DRGs, HMOs, and Vouchers: Price Controls; Prepaid Group Practice; Cash and Voucher Plans
- 10. National Health Care Plans: Medicare and Medicaid; National Health Insurance; A National Health Care Service
