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.
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Managed care plans (Medical care)--Moral and ethical aspects. Christian ethics.