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Health Care: Can the Public Interest Still Be Served? Softcover: 320 The author explores how the corporate transformation of hospitals, HMOs, and the insurance and pharmaceutical industries has resulted in reduction in services, dangerous cost cutting, poor regulation, and corrupt research. Exposing the shortcomings of reform proposals that do little to alter the status quo, he makes a case for a workable single-payer system. He sheds light on the political lobbying and media manipulation that keeps the present system in place. This is an essential read for today’s practitioners, policy makers, healthcare analysts and providers, and all those concerned with the precarious state of America’s under-insured and uninsured. Topics covered include:
Click here to view the Table of Contents. John Geyman, MD, is Professor Emeritus of Family Medicine at the University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle. He lives outside of Seattle, Washington. He is a family physician. If you are interested in policy or books about health care reform, please see our up-to-date collection here: Politics, Policy & Reform. Springer Publishing Company is an independent publisher of books and journals in the health care and mental health sciences. We provide vital information to academic professors, clinicians and other professionals in the fields of nursing, psychology, gerontology & geriatrics, long-term care, social work, counseling, public health, rehabilitation, and medical education. (information about this book has been provided by the publisher) You may also be interested in / The Directory of Healthcare Recruiters / Jump to a List / Health Administration & Leadership / Physician Executive, Medical Staff & Practice Management / Finance, Accounting, Economics, Billing & Reimbursement / Coding for Hospital, Physician & Clinical Services / Law, Malpractice, Ethics, Accreditation & Compliance / Quality Improvement, Outcomes & Customer Service / Risk Management, Security, Error Reduction & Patient Safety / Information Systems, Technology & Medical Records / Clinical Management & Executive Nursing / Behavioral Health, Social Work & Psychiatry Management / Human Resources, Management & Supervision / Directories, Data, Trends & Benchmarks / Software & CD-ROMs / Gift Ideas & Recommended Gifts / Journals, Magazines & Newsletters / Search for Books / Books Index / Go to / Home Page / Toolbox for Health Administrators / Bookstore |
