A 10 page paper on the challenges facing the managed health care system today. It specifically addresses the HMOs, what is wrong with them, and how they can be fixed so they really work for their members. Bibliography lists 10 sources. An 8 page paper dealing with the trends in the rising costs of health care and the various factors which determine these costs. Emphasis is on managed health care and how this type of approach sometimes compromises the quality of health care.
Bibliography lists ten sources.
A 6 page paper that addresses the problems facing managed care workers and the solutions they have proposed and accomplished. The paper also addresses the social democratization process that is affecting the industry, how it affects health care to patients and physician ethics, and the problems that still need to be addressed by managed care workers and the industry itself. Bibliography lists 12 sources. This 8 page paper specifically examines changes the field has undergone since the advent of managed health care. Options for nurses in the specialty are discussed, including the growing nurse midwifery occupation.