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Book SynopsisMental illness is the poor, and somehow damaged, cousin to physical ailments in the eyes of too many in our society. This title presents a provocative analysis of the mental health care system in the United States, dealing with issues of justice and access to mental health care.
Table of ContentsIntroduction: Rationing Sanity James Lindemann Nelson 1. Shifting Focus: The Historical Meaning of Managed Care and the Search for Ethics in Mental Health Gary S. Belkin 2. The Ethics of Managed Care: Medical Ethics or Business Ethics? Allen Buchanan 3. Whether to Discontinue Nonfutile Use of a Scarce Resource Frances M. Kamm 4. The Just Allocation of Mental Health Care Eric Rakowski 5. Resource Allocation for Mental Health Care and the Aggregation Problem Bentson H. McFarland 6. Commentary on the Just Allocation of Mental Health Care Laura Weiss Roberts, Teresita McCarty, and Sally K. Severino 7. The Democracy Problem in Mental Health Care Priority Setting Dan W. Brock 8. The Democracy Problem as Applied to the Oregon Health Plan and its Prioritization of Mental Health Services David A. Pollack 9. Saving the Worst Off (Principle) James Lindemann Nelson 10. Managed Mental Health Care: Ethical Issues for Providers, Patients, and Managers Tia Powell Index
