Medicine's Dilemmas

by Kissick, William L.

• ISBN13: 9780300059656
• ISBN10: 0300059655
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1994-09-01
• Publisher: Yale Univ Pr

Summary

Dr. Kissick was an active participant in the drafting of Medicare legislation in the 1960s and for the past twenty-five years has held joint positions in a medical school and a business school where he has specialized in healthcare management. Drawing on his long experience in the field, he discusses the dimensions of the current crisis, the financial and medical implications of alternative proposals-- including the program put forth by the Clinton administration--and the requirements for long-term strategies.

Table of Contents

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Acknowledgments
Somebody Has to Pay	p. 1
Health-Care Issues of the 1990s	p. 11
An Infinite Quest	p. 23
A Cultural Affair	p. 33
Resource Allocation	p. 48
Medicine and Management	p. 66
The Past as Prologue	p. 75
National Health Insurance	p. 86
"To the States Respectively"	p. 101
Promoting the General Welfare	p. 118
Hang Together or Hang Separately	p. 134
Health Care for the Twenty-first Century	p. 149
Notes	p. 161
Index	p. 175
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