ABSTRACT

For too long now, the issue of health care reform has been dominated by the techniques of mainstream economics and the constant application of the tools of cost-benefit analysis to an area that does not suit it.Issues such as privacy, genetic testing and the allocation of organ transplants require a more sensitive approach to the setting of budgets

chapter |6 pages

INTRODUCTION

ByJohn B. Davis

part |2 pages

Part I ALTERNATIVES TO THE MARKET VIEW OF HEALTH CARE AND HEALTH ECONOMICS

chapter 1|31 pages

SHOULD CONSUMER CHOICE BE ENCOURAGED IN HEALTH CARE?

ByThomas Rice

chapter 2|21 pages

COMMUNITARIANISM AND HEALTH ECONOMICS

ByGavin Mooney

chapter 3|33 pages

SOCIAL CHOICE AS THE SYNTHESIS OF INCOMMENSURABLE CLAIMS

The case of health care rationing
ByPaul Anand

chapter 4|17 pages

ACCOUNTING FOR FAIRNESS AND EFFICIENCY IN HEALTH ECONOMICS

ByJoshua Cohen, Peter Ubel

part |2 pages

Part II RESISTANCE TO MARKET-BASED REFORM OF HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS

chapter 5|28 pages

THE NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, THE ‘INTERNAL MARKET’ AND TRUST

ByRobert McMaster

chapter 6|31 pages

PROLETARIANIZING THE PROFESSIONALS

The populist assault on discretionary autonomy
ByMichael Keaney

chapter 7|21 pages

CANADA

More state, more market?
ByTerrence Sullivan, Cameron Mustard

part |2 pages

Part III ISSUES SURROUNDING HEALTH CARE AND AGING

chapter 8|24 pages

AGE, HEALTH AND MEDICAL EXPENDITURE

ByWilliam A. Jackson

chapter 10|15 pages

MEDICARE HMOs

The promise and the reality
ByRose M. Rubin, Shelley White-Means

part |2 pages

Part IV THE CHALLENGE OF TECHNOLOGY

chapter 11|28 pages

SAFEGUARDING GENETIC INFORMATION

Privacy, confidentiality, and security?
ByRobert F. Rizzo