Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION
A Physician's Experience
David L. Schiedermayer, M.D.
A Patient's Experience
Harold O. J. Brown, Ph.D.
A Nurse's Experience
Barbara J. White, R.N., M.S.
An Administrator's Experience
William K. Atkinson, Ph.D.
SETTING THE STAGE
A Theological Mandate for Medicine
Nigel M. de S. Cameron, Ph.D.
Nursing: Remaining Faithful in an Era of Change
Judith Allen Shelly, R.N., D.Min.
Broadening Our View of Justice in Health Care
Sondra Ely Wheeler, Ph.D.
Rationing Health Care: A Case of Justice Denied
Arthur J. Dyck, Ph.D.
ECONOMIC ENCROACHMENT
Managed Care's Financial Incentives
Scott E. Daniels, Ph.D.
The Good Samaritan in the Marketplace: Managed Care's Challenge to Christian Charity
Edmund D. Pellegrino, M.D.
When Health Care Becomes a Commodity: The Need for Compassionate Strangers
Patricia Benner, R.N., Ph.D.
Guidelines for Gatekeepers: A Covenantal Approach
Gregory W. Rutecki, M.D.
For Patients and Profits: Business Ethics for Managed Care Organizations
Kenman L. Wong, M.B.A., Ph.D.
Hippocrates Meets Managed Care: A Study of Contemporary Oath-Taking
Robert D. Orr, M.D.
SELECTED SETTINGS
Therapeutic Relationship in Managed Mental Health Care
Stephen P. Greggo, Psy.D.
Managed Long-Term Care
Richard W. Olson, M.A., C.P.A.
The Impact of Changes in Health Care Delivery on Minority Communities
Frank E. Staggers, Sr., M.D., and Barbara C. Staggers, M.D., M.P.H.
The Impact of Managed Care on Malpractice
Janet E. Michael, R.N., M.S., J.D.
ASSESSING ALTERNATIVES
Meeting the Needs of Poor Persons under Managed Care
James M. Hussey, M.B.A.
Funding Health Care through the Church
Alieta Eck, M.D.
Physician Unions: Guardians of the Covenant or Keepers of the Contract?
Mary B. Adam, M.D.
Emerging Alternative Therapies
Dónal P. O'Mathúna, Ph.D.
Conclusion: Change Health Care—A British Point of View
Stuart Horner, M.D., F.R.C.P.
Glossary
Index
