Health Care Policy in an Age of New Technologies
Nonfiction, History, Americas, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science
| Author: | Kant Patel, Mark E Rushefsky | ISBN: | 9781317468851 |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis | Publication: | May 20, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Routledge | Language: | English |
| Author: | Kant Patel, Mark E Rushefsky |
| ISBN: | 9781317468851 |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis |
| Publication: | May 20, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Routledge |
| Language: | English |
Revolutionary advances in biomedical research and information systems technology pose new and difficult issues for American health care policy, especially in the context of managed care. Health Care Policy in a New Millennium takes on this challenging array of issues where the dignity of individual life meets the imperatives of national-level health-care systems - patients' rights, rationing of care, organ transplants, genetic research, confidentiality of medical records, the right to die, and other ethical dilemmas. The book places these critical questions about the quality of life in our society in their political, legal, social, economic, and ethical contexts.
Revolutionary advances in biomedical research and information systems technology pose new and difficult issues for American health care policy, especially in the context of managed care. Health Care Policy in a New Millennium takes on this challenging array of issues where the dignity of individual life meets the imperatives of national-level health-care systems - patients' rights, rationing of care, organ transplants, genetic research, confidentiality of medical records, the right to die, and other ethical dilemmas. The book places these critical questions about the quality of life in our society in their political, legal, social, economic, and ethical contexts.
