Home-centered health care
Subtitle: the Populist transformation of the American health care system
By: Mike Magee ; prologue by Larry Minnix ; epilogue by Eric Dishman.
Contributors: Minnix, William L.; Dishman, Eric.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Spencer Books
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 117
ISBN-13: 9781889793221
Subjects: Care of the sick; Critically ill -- Home care -- United States; Home nursing -- United States; Home care services -- United States; Disease management -- United States; Physician and patient -- United States; Nursing Care; Critical Care -- United States; Home Nursing -- United States; Physician-Patient Relations -- United States; Home Care Services -- United States
Description: Deciphers the intersecting megatrends of aging, consumerism, and the Internet, leading those paths to a single common destination--the home.  By focusing on the home, the "ethical playing field" in health care is leveled--new information technology can be made available to all in equal doses, connecting family members to each other and to their caregivers through the use of new decision-making and planning tools that allow patients to get ahead of the "disease curve."
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [127-140]).
Table of contents: title: From yellow pages to health care carousel / William L. Minnix, Jr.; title: Overview; title: Health populism and colliding megatrends; title: Aging and multigenerational complexity; title: Lifespan management and the leadership of women; title: A focus on the home; title: Evolution of the patient-physician relationship; title: Managing chronic disease in the home; title: Long distance caregiving; title: New entrants in health care; title: Lifespan planning records; title: Making a health plan and sticking to it; title: Bringing health education into the home; title: Equity and justice; title: Investing wisely in health; title: managing end-of-life care; title: The best place to die; title: Predictions for 2015; title: From maintenance to personal healthcare, with urgency / Eric Dishman.