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Discussions of managed care frequently begin and end with an opposition between the Hippocratic ethic of dedication to patient welfare and a business ethic of self-interest in the service of efficiency. In this book, the author approaches managed care as a problem of organisations.

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Preliminary Table of Contents:

Introduction
1. Managed Care as Social Experiment and Social Problem
2. Managed Care and the Medicine-Business Polemic
3. An Ethic for an Age of Organizations
4. Kaiser Permanente: An Organizational Character Study
5. The Market, Professionalism, and Cooperative Egalitarianism in Health Care
6. Making Sense of Managed Care
Conclusion: The Future of Managed Care

The Ethics of Managed Care

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      Publisher: Indiana University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 27/07/2001
      ISBN13: 9780253338488, 978-0253338488
      ISBN10: 0253338484

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Discussions of managed care frequently begin and end with an opposition between the Hippocratic ethic of dedication to patient welfare and a business ethic of self-interest in the service of efficiency. In this book, the author approaches managed care as a problem of organisations.

      Trade Review

      The book is well footnoted and well reasoned . . .

      * Choice *

      Table of Contents

      Preliminary Table of Contents:

      Introduction
      1. Managed Care as Social Experiment and Social Problem
      2. Managed Care and the Medicine-Business Polemic
      3. An Ethic for an Age of Organizations
      4. Kaiser Permanente: An Organizational Character Study
      5. The Market, Professionalism, and Cooperative Egalitarianism in Health Care
      6. Making Sense of Managed Care
      Conclusion: The Future of Managed Care

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