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9780789005090

Reason and Rationality in Health and Human Services Delivery

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  • ISBN13:

    9780789005090

  • ISBN10:

    0789005093

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1998-06-05
  • Publisher: Routledge

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Reason and Rationality in Health and Human Services Delivery is the first book to discuss the topic of decisionmaking and services from a multidisciplinary approach. It uses theory and social considerations, not just technology, as a basis for improved services. Health and human service students and professionals will learn how to form rational and reasonable decisions that take their clients' cultural backgrounds into consideration when identifying an illness or appropriating any kind of intervention.

Table of Contents

Reason and Rationality in Health and Human Services Delivery: An Introductionp. 1
Reason, the Life-World, and Health Care Deliveryp. 9
Rationalizing Decision-Making Through Computer Technology: A Critical Appraisalp. 19
Sociomedical Models and the Epistemology of Risk: The Shortcomings of Medical Decision-Making Researchp. 31
Community-Based Epidemiology: Community Involvement in Defining Social Riskp. 51
A World View Model of Health Care Utilization: The Impact of Social and Provider Context on Health Care Decision-Makingp. 67
Health Care Policy in Theory and Practice: A Review of the Process as a Product of Rational Decision-Makingp. 83
The Limits of Scientific Medicine: Paradigm Strain and Social Policyp. 101
Indexp. 117
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