Old and Sick in America

The Journey Through the Health Care System

Muriel R. Gillick (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

320 Seiten

2017
The University of North Carolina Press (Verlag)
978-1-4696-3524-8 (ISBN)

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Since the introduction of Medicare and Medicaid in 1965, the American health care system has steadily grown in size and complexity. Muriel R. Gillick takes readers on a narrative tour of American health care, incorporating the stories of older patients as they travel from the office to the hospital to the skilled nursing facility, and examining the influence of forces as diverse as pharmaceutical corporations, device manufacturers, and health insurance companies on their experience. A scholar who has practiced medicine for over 30 years, Gillick offers readers an informed and straightforward view of health care from the ground up, revealing that many crucial medical decisions are not based on what is best for the patient, but rather on outside forces, sometimes to the detriment of patient health and quality of life. Gillick suggests a broadly imagined patient-centered reform of the health care system with Medicare as the engine of change, a transformation that would be mediated through accountability, cost-effectiveness, and culture change.

Muriel R. Gillick, M.D., is a member of the Division of Aging at the Brigham and Women's Hospital and professor of population medicine at Harvard Medical School.

Erscheinungsdatum	12.11.2017
Reihe/Serie	Studies in Social Medicine
Verlagsort	Chapel Hill
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 233 mm
Gewicht	480 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Prävention / Gesundheitsförderung
ISBN-10	1-4696-3524-0 / 1469635240
ISBN-13	978-1-4696-3524-8 / 9781469635248
Zustand	Neuware