The truth about health care
Subtitle: why reform is not working in America
By: David Mechanic.
Series: Critical issues in health and medicine; Rutgers series in critical issues in health and medicine.
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New Brunswick, N.J
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780813538877
Subjects: Health care reform; Medical policy; Health Care Reform -- United States; Delivery of Health Care -- United States; Health Policy -- United States; Insurance, Health -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Is reform possible?: the need for change and forces against it; title: What is disease and what should we treat?; title: Saving lives individually or in populations; title: The murky challenge of mental health; title: The activated patient and the doctors' dilemma; title: The neglect of long-term care; title: The quest for quality; title: Setting fair limits; title: Restoring trust in the health system; title: The challenge of change; title: Steps in our health future.