The Social Medicine Reader

by Oberlander, Jonathan; Churchill, Larry R.; Estroff, Sue E.; Henderson, Gail E.; King, Nancy M. P.

• ISBN13: 9780822335566
• ISBN10: 0822335565
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-09-30
• Publisher: Duke Univ Pr

Summary

Social and Cultural Contributions to Health, Difference, and Inequality is the second of three volumes in the second edition of The Social Medicine Reader, a provocative and engaging survey of the challenging issues facing today's health care providers, patients, and caregivers.

Table of Contents

Preface to the Second Edition	vii
Introduction	1	(4)
Part I The Uninsured, Health Care Costs, and Public Programs
The U.S. Health Care System: On a Road to Nowhere?,	5	(20)
Jonathan Oberlander
Wanted: A Clearly Articulated Social Ethic for American Health Care,	25	(6)
Uwe E. Reinhardt
From Bismarck to Medicare—A Brief History of Medical Care Payment in America,	31	(36)
Donald L. Madison
The Sad History of Health Care Cost Containment as Told in One Chart,	67	(3)
Drew E. Altman and Larry Levitt
The Unsurprising Surprise of Renewed Health Care Cost Inflation,	70	(3)
Henry J. Aaron
The Not-So-Sad History of Medicare Cost Containment as Told in One Chart,	73	(3)
Thomas Bodenheimer
Medicaid and Medicare: The Unanticipated Politics of Public Insurance Programs,	76	(19)
Lawrence D. Brown and Michael S. Sparer
Part II Managed Care, Markets, and Rationing
Bedside Manna,	95	(12)
Deborah Stone
Must Good limos Go Bad? The Commercialization of Prepaid Group Health Care,	107	(12)
Robert Kuttner
Defending My Life,	119	(9)
Geov Parrish
Business vs. Medical Ethics: Conflicting Standards for Managed Care,	128	(22)
Wendy K. Mariner
The Prostitute, the Playboy, and the Poet: Rationing Schemes for Organ Transplantation,	150	(8)
George J. Annas
Ethics of Queuing for Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting in Canada,	158	(9)
Jafna L. Cox
Rationing in Practice: The Case of In Vitro Fertilization,	167	(12)
Sharon Redmayne and Rudolf Klein
Part III International Perspectives and Emerging Issues
Reforming the Health Care System: The Universal Dilemma,	179	(20)
Uwe E. Reinhardt
Health Care in Four Nations,	199	(31)
Thomas Bodenheimer and Kevin Grumbach
Keeping Quality on the Policy Agenda,	230	(10)
Elizabeth A. McGlynn and Robert H. Brook
What's Ahead for Health Insurance in the United States?,	240	(6)
Victor R. Fuchs
Luxury Primary Care—Market Innovation or Threat to Access?,	246	(9)
Troyen A. Brennan
Correspondence: Response to "Luxury Primary Care"	255	(5)
Limiting Health Care for the Old,	260	(7)
Daniel Callahan
Scapegoating the Aged: Intergenerational Equity and Age-Based Rationing,	267	(18)
Robert H. Binstock
Index to Authors	285	(2)
About the Editors	287