The Ethics of Managed Care: A Pragmatic Approach

by Mary R. Anderlik and Mary R. Majumder

Discussions of managed care frequently begin and end with an opposition between the Hippocratic ethic of dedication to patient welfare and a business ethic of self-interest in the service of efficiency. Mary R. Anderlik approaches managed care as a problem of organizations. Rejecting a simple "medicine vs. business" analysis, she directs attention to management as manipulation, the neglect of such personal goods as satisfaction in professional...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253338484
• ISBN13: 9780253338488
• Release Date: July 2001
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.6"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher