Strangers in the Night
Subtitle: Law and Medicine in the Managed Care Era
Edition: 1st edition
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: August 15, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 296
ISBN-13: 9780195152715
Subjects: Medical ethics; Medicolegal issues; Health Care Policy; Public Health Law; Legal Reference / Law Profession; Medical; Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice; Ethics; Medical Law & Legislation; Law / Medical Law & Legislation; Health Policy; Law and legislation; Managed care plans (Medical ca; Managed care plans (Medical care); Medical care; Medical laws and legislation; United States
First sentence: We live in a very litigious age.
Description: "Strangers in the Night explains how the legal system helps shape health-care delivery and policy, explores new ways of looking at the relationship between law and medicine, and reflects on why it all matters. The story focuses on the judicial response to the rise of managed care, especially challenges to cost-containment initiatives, and shows how the legal system has facilitated managed care's dominance over the health-care system."--Jacket cover.