Bringing decades of experience as a health policy participant, researcher, teacher, and consultant to the public and private sectors, Mechanic examines the strengths and weaknesses of our system and how it has evolved. He pays attention to areas often neglected in policy discussions, like the loss of trust in medicine, the tragic state of long-term care, and the relationship of mental health to health care. Mechanic describes how health plans, professionals, policy makers, and consumer groups can work to improve health outcomes in America.
Bringing decades of experience as a health policy participant, researcher, teacher, and consultant to the public and private sectors, Mechanic examines the strengths and weaknesses of our system and how it has evolved. He pays attention to areas often neglected in policy discussions, like the loss of trust in medicine, the tragic state of long-term care, and the relationship of mental health to health care. Mechanic describes how health plans, professionals, policy makers, and consumer groups can work to improve health outcomes in America.
David Mechanic is director of the Institute for Health, Health Care Policy, and Aging Research at Rutgers University and the national program director of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Investigator Awards in Health Policy Research. He has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences and to the Institute of Medicine. He was coeditor of Policy Challenges in Modern Health Care.
Inhaltsangabe
Preface Introduction Part I Our Health Dilemma Is Reform Possible? The Need for Change and the Forces Against It What Is Disease and What Should We Treat? Saving Lives Individually or in Populations The Murky Challenge of Mental Health The Activated Patient and the Doctors' Dilemma The Neglect of Long-Term Care Part II The Struggle for Solutions The Quest for Quality Setting Fair Limits Restoring Trust in the Health System Part III The Fork in the Road The Challenge of Change Steps in Our Health Future Notes Index
Preface Introduction Part I Our Health Dilemma Is Reform Possible? The Need for Change and the Forces Against It What Is Disease and What Should We Treat? Saving Lives Individually or in Populations The Murky Challenge of Mental Health The Activated Patient and the Doctors' Dilemma The Neglect of Long-Term Care Part II The Struggle for Solutions The Quest for Quality Setting Fair Limits Restoring Trust in the Health System Part III The Fork in the Road The Challenge of Change Steps in Our Health Future Notes Index
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