The changing face of health care :
The changing face of health care : a Christian appraisal of managed care, resource allocation, and patient-caregiver relationships /
edited by John F. Kilner, Robert D. Orr, Judith Allen Shelly.
- Grand Rapids, MI : William B. Eerdmans Pub., Paternoster Press, c1998.
- xiv, 314 p. ; pbk ; 24 cm.
- Horizons in bioethics series .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part I. Introduction --
A physician's experience / David L. Schiedermayer --
A patient's experience / Harold O. J. Brown --
A nurse's experience / Barbara J. White --
An administrator's experience / William K. Atkinson --
Part II. Setting the stage --
A theological mandate for medicine / Nigel M. de S. Cameron --
Nursing : remaining faithful in an era of change / Judith Allen Shelly --
Broadening our view of justice in health care / Sondra Ely Wheeler --
Rationing health care : a case of justice denied / Arthur J. Dyck --
Part III. Economic encroachment --
Managed care's financial incentives / Scott E. Daniels --
The Good Samaritan in the marketplace : managed care's challenge to Christian charity / Edmund D. Pellegrino --
When health care becomes a commodity : the need for compassionate strangers / Patricia Benner --
Guidelines for gatekeepers : a covenantal approach / Gregory W. Rutecki --
For patients and profits : business ethics for managed care organizations / Kenman L. Wong --
Hippocrates meets managed care : a study of contemporary oath-taking / Robert D. Orr --
Part IV. Selected settings --
Therapeutic relationship in managed mental health care / Stephen P. Greggo --
Managed long-term care / Richard W. Olson --
The impact of changes in health care delivery on minority communities / Frank E. Staggers, Sr., and Barbara C. Staggers --
The impact of managed care on malpractice / Janet E. Michael --
Part V. Assessing alternatives --
Meeting the needs of poor persons under managed care / James M. Hussey --
Funding health care through the church / Alieta Eck --
Physician unions : guardians of the covenant or keepers of the contract? / Mary B. Adam --
Emerging alternative therapies / Donal P. O'Mathuna --
Conclusion : change health care--
a British point of view / Stuart Horner.
In response to the many changes currently going on in health care, this book offers the combined insight and wisdom of a stellar group of scholars and professionals with extensive experience in the health care field who also write from a Christian perspective.
0802845339 (pbk. : alk. paper)
98022481
Managed care plans (Medical care)--Moral and ethical aspects.
Christian ethics.
RA413 / .C465 1998
362.1/04258
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part I. Introduction --
A physician's experience / David L. Schiedermayer --
A patient's experience / Harold O. J. Brown --
A nurse's experience / Barbara J. White --
An administrator's experience / William K. Atkinson --
Part II. Setting the stage --
A theological mandate for medicine / Nigel M. de S. Cameron --
Nursing : remaining faithful in an era of change / Judith Allen Shelly --
Broadening our view of justice in health care / Sondra Ely Wheeler --
Rationing health care : a case of justice denied / Arthur J. Dyck --
Part III. Economic encroachment --
Managed care's financial incentives / Scott E. Daniels --
The Good Samaritan in the marketplace : managed care's challenge to Christian charity / Edmund D. Pellegrino --
When health care becomes a commodity : the need for compassionate strangers / Patricia Benner --
Guidelines for gatekeepers : a covenantal approach / Gregory W. Rutecki --
For patients and profits : business ethics for managed care organizations / Kenman L. Wong --
Hippocrates meets managed care : a study of contemporary oath-taking / Robert D. Orr --
Part IV. Selected settings --
Therapeutic relationship in managed mental health care / Stephen P. Greggo --
Managed long-term care / Richard W. Olson --
The impact of changes in health care delivery on minority communities / Frank E. Staggers, Sr., and Barbara C. Staggers --
The impact of managed care on malpractice / Janet E. Michael --
Part V. Assessing alternatives --
Meeting the needs of poor persons under managed care / James M. Hussey --
Funding health care through the church / Alieta Eck --
Physician unions : guardians of the covenant or keepers of the contract? / Mary B. Adam --
Emerging alternative therapies / Donal P. O'Mathuna --
Conclusion : change health care--
a British point of view / Stuart Horner.
In response to the many changes currently going on in health care, this book offers the combined insight and wisdom of a stellar group of scholars and professionals with extensive experience in the health care field who also write from a Christian perspective.
0802845339 (pbk. : alk. paper)
98022481
Managed care plans (Medical care)--Moral and ethical aspects.
Christian ethics.
RA413 / .C465 1998
362.1/04258
