The Hippocratic myth : why doctors are under pressure to ration care, practice politics, and compromise their promise to heal /
Bloche, Maxwell Gregg.
New York, N.Y. ; Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan,
2011.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [234]-260) and index.
Introduction: Hippocrates' myth -- Cutting costs and keeping faith -- Stakeholders, wonks, and the setting of limits -- Politics, morals, and medical need I: PTSD -- Politics, morals, and medical need II: Mobilizing shared resources -- Setting limits by consent -- Doctors as warriors I: America's frisson with torture -- Doctors as warriors II: Ethics and politics -- Doing justice? -- Conclusion: moving beyond the myth.
Medical care
Medical ethics.
Health care rationing
Physicians