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

part |2 pages

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

part |2 pages

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

chapter 6|31 pages

PROLETARIANIZING THE PROFESSIONALS

The populist assault on discretionary autonomy

chapter 7|21 pages

CANADA

More state, more market?

part |2 pages

Part III ISSUES SURROUNDING HEALTH CARE AND AGING

part |2 pages

Part IV THE CHALLENGE OF TECHNOLOGY

chapter 11|28 pages

SAFEGUARDING GENETIC INFORMATION

Privacy, confidentiality, and security?