Health Care Policy in an Age of New Technologies

by Kant Patel, Mark E Rushefsky

Overview

Revolutionary advances in biomedical research and information systems technology pose new and difficult issues for American health care policy, especially in the context of managed care. Health Care Policy in a New Millennium takes on this challenging array of issues where the dignity of individual life meets the imperatives of national-level health-care systems - patients' rights, rationing of care, organ transplants, genetic research, confidentiality of medical records, the right to die, and other ethical dilemmas. The book places these critical questions about the quality of life in our society in their political, legal, social, economic, and ethical contexts.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780765606464
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	05/31/2002
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	416
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Kant Patel, Mark E. Rushefsky

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Technology, Values, and Health Care Policy in the New Millennium; Chapter 2 The Right to Die; Chapter 3 Organ Transplants; Chapter 4 Genetic Research and Health Care; Chapter 5 Privacy of Medical Records and Confidentiality; Chapter 6 Health Care Rationing; Chapter 7 Patients’ Bill of Rights; Chapter 8 Medical Education and Physician Training; Chapter 9 Conclusion;

Editorial Reviews

The authors, professors of political science at Southwest Missouri State University, explore challenges facing health care policy makers in a new technological age and suggest values and principles which should guide policy making in such areas as organ transplants, the right to die, genetic research and privacy, and confidentiality of medical records. They look at how other countries confront issues raised in health care policy areas, such as rationing and cloning, and discuss patient rights, problems of managed care, and medical education and physician training. Chapter discussion questions are included, as well as lists of print sources, Web sites, films, documentaries, and case studies. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR