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Balancing Act
Morreim, E. Haavi. Ed(S): Morreim, E. Haavi
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Description for Balancing Act
Paperback. Focuses on health care in the United States. This title redefines the moral obligations of both physicians and patients, traces the specific effects of these redefined obligations on clinical practice, and explores the implications for patients as individuals and for national health policy. Editor(s): Morreim, E. Haavi. Series: Clinical Medical Ethics. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; MBDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate; (XV) Technical / Manuals. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 320.
Medicine's changing economics have already fundamentally, permanently altered the relationship between physician and patient, E. Haavi Morreim argues. Physicians must weigh a patient's interests against the legitimate, competing claims of other patients, of payers, of society as a whole, and sometimes even of the physician himself. Focusing on actual situations in the clinical setting, Morreim explores the complex moral problems that current economic realities pose for the practicing physician. She redefines the moral obligations of both physicians and patients, traces the specific effects of these redefined obligations on clinical practice, and explores the implications for patients as individuals and for ... Read more
Medicine's changing economics have already fundamentally, permanently altered the relationship between physician and patient, E. Haavi Morreim argues. Physicians must weigh a patient's interests against the legitimate, competing claims of other patients, of payers, of society as a whole, and sometimes even of the physician himself. Focusing on actual situations in the clinical setting, Morreim explores the complex moral problems that current economic realities pose for the practicing physician. She redefines the moral obligations of both physicians and patients, traces the specific effects of these redefined obligations on clinical practice, and explores the implications for patients as individuals and for ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Georgetown University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Series
Clinical Medical Ethics
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Washington, DC, United States
ISBN
9780878405848
SKU
V9780878405848
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About Morreim, E. Haavi. Ed(S): Morreim, E. Haavi
E. Haavi Morreim is a professor in the Department of Human Values and Ethics, College of Medicine, University of Tennessee.
Reviews for Balancing Act
An important, thought-provoking book informed by a detailed understanding of medical economics, health care law, and the clinical setting. Journal of Law, Medicine, and Ethics The economic pressure on clinical caregivers to be cost-conscious in health care decisions is the greatest new ethical challenge facing physicians today... None focuses as sharply and effectively on pressures experienced by the practicing physician ... Read more