Wounded Profession American Medicine Enters the Age of Managed Care

Subjects:

• Health/Medicine » Health Care Administration & Policy
• Political Science » Public Policy

Awards:

• Choice Outstanding Academic Title, 2003

Reviews:

• Birenbaum offers an excellent book about the state of health care in the U.S. It is an accurate assessment of where the interests of the American people and the medical professionals have dovetailed and where they have differed....This book is extremely informative and easy to read. All health care providers should read this detailed account of the historical, present, and future of health care, and it should be required reading for all students of health care. Essential. General readers; upper-division undergraduates; graduate students; faculty; researchers, and professionals.
  —Choice June 2003
• [a] far-ranging, thought-provoking book about recent changes in the U.S. health care system and how they have affected the medical profession.
  —Inquiry Winter 2003
• All Americans should have health insurance, access should be more equal, and everyone should take some financial responsibility for their health care. What is happening with the elderly and prescription drugs is the tip of a nasty iceberg that creates stress for other age groups.
  —Future Survey March 2003
• [A]rnold Birenbaum has done an exceptional job in explaining the realities of managed care, as well as the changes that brought us to the point where we are today....Anyone involved in health care, whether it be student, professional or consumer would benefit from reading this book. It presents a balanced, informative narrative on where health care has been, where it continues to go and how all can contribute to its new forms of orgamization to produce social change.
  —Research News and Opportunities in Science and theology September 2003
• Anyone involved in health care, whether it be student, professional or consumer, would benefit from reading this book. It presents a balanced, informative narrative on where health care has been, where it continues to go and how all can contribute to its new forms of organization to produce social change.
  —Research News and Opportunities in Science and Theology September 2003

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Introduction
• Health Care on the National Agenda
• What's Behind the Changing Doctor-Patient Relationship
• Driving Down Costs and Professional Autonomy
• The Reorganization of Health Care Delivery
• Managed Care and the Profession's Tarnished Jewels in the Crown--Academic Health Centers
• Doctors Respond to the Dark Side of Managed Care
• How Managed Care Is Shaping Medical Practice
• Hopes for Reform
• The Future of American Medicine
• Index