Managing Care: A Shared Responsibility

Part 1. Health Care Costs and Scarcity. Introduction. - Development of Managed Care. - Rationing: A Dilemma for Ethicists. - Responsibility. - Part 2. The Concept of Managed Care and its Practical Implications. - Introduction. - Quality of Care in Managed Care. - History of Managed Care. - Where Does Managed Care Find its Market. - Definition of Managed Care. - Managed Care as Unknown Territory. - Methodological Concerns Regarding Data Collection. - Population-Based Distribution and Individual Autonomy. - Balancing Responsibilities. - Changes in Managed Care. - Part 3. Ideology: The Silent Partner. - Introduction. - The Concept of Ideology. - Ideology In Medicine. - The Context of Scarcity and its Ideological Impact on Health Care. - Conclusion. - Part 4. Concept of Genuine Responsibility. - Introduction. - Changing the Focus In Health Care Distribution. - The Notion of Responsibility. - Justice And Health Care. - Key Presumptions. - Part 5: Revising The Template For Modeling Health Care. - Introduction. - Necessity For Change. - Defining Health And Health Care. - The Main Parties Involved. - Part 6: Theoretical Reflections. - Introduction. - Managed Care. - The Problem: Who Is Responsible For What? - Justice As Appropriation. - A Template For Responsible Healthcare Distribution. - Part 7: Implementation In U. S. Health Care System: Challenges And Opportunities. - Introduction. - Changing The Views on Business And Profits. - Individual Entitlement And Social Justice. - The Role of Government. - Health Care Planning. - Health Care Budgeting. - Special Interest Groups And Policy Making. - The Minimum Health Care Benefit Package. - The Contribution of Evidence Based Medicine. - Bibliography. - Index.