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Can a Health Care Market Be Moral?: A Catholic Vision
Mary J. McDonough
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Description for Can a Health Care Market Be Moral?: A Catholic Vision
Paperback. Drawing on Catholic social teachings from St Augustine to Pope John Paul II, this title reviews health system successes and failures from around the world and assesses market approaches to health care as proposed by leading economists such as Milton Friedman, Regina Herzlinger, Mark Pauly, and Alain Enthoven. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRCC7; MBDC; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 385.
Since the 1970s health care costs in the United States have doubled, insurance premiums have far outpaced inflation, and the numbers of the uninsured and underinsured are increasing at an alarming rate. At the same time, the public expects better health care and access to the latest treatment technologies. Governments, desperate to contain ballooning costs, often see a market-based approach to health care as the solution; critics of market systems argue that government regulation is necessary to secure accessible care for all. The Catholic Church generally questions the market's ability to satisfy the many human needs intrinsic to any care ... Read more
Since the 1970s health care costs in the United States have doubled, insurance premiums have far outpaced inflation, and the numbers of the uninsured and underinsured are increasing at an alarming rate. At the same time, the public expects better health care and access to the latest treatment technologies. Governments, desperate to contain ballooning costs, often see a market-based approach to health care as the solution; critics of market systems argue that government regulation is necessary to secure accessible care for all. The Catholic Church generally questions the market's ability to satisfy the many human needs intrinsic to any care ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Georgetown University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
Weight
384g
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Washington, DC, United States
ISBN
9781589011571
SKU
V9781589011571
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Ref
99-36
About Mary J. McDonough
Mary J. McDonough has worked as an advocate for Montana Legal Services and served as a member of the Montana State House of Representatives. She received her PhD from the Graduate Theological Union and has taught as an adjunct professor of ethics at Rocky Mountain College.
Reviews for Can a Health Care Market Be Moral?: A Catholic Vision
Her presentation is detailed, logical, and consistently approached with excellent documentation and a lengthy bibliography and index. Catholic Library World