{"product_id":"9783030606695","title":"The Corporatization of American Health Care: The Rise of Corporate Hegemony and the Loss of Professional Autonomy","description":"\u003ch1\u003eThe Corporatization of American Health Care: The Rise of Corporate Hegemony and the Loss of Professional Autonomy\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eSalmon, J. Warren; Thompson, Stephen L.\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eIn this book, the authors, as policy analysts, examine the overall context and dynamics of modern medicine, focusing on the changing conditions of medical practice through the lens of corporatization of medicine, physician unionization, physician strikes, and current health policy directions. \u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eConditions affecting the American medical profession have been dramatically altered by the continuing crises of cost increases, quality concerns, and lack of access facing our population, along with the ongoing corporatization toward bottom-line dictates. Pressures on practitioners have been intensifying with much greater scrutiny over their clinical decision-making. Topics explored among the chapters include:\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHistory of the Corporatization of American Medicine: The Market Paradigm Reigns\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePharmaceuticals, Hospitals, Nursing Homes, Drug Store Chains, and Pharmacy Benefit Manager\/Insurer Integration\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMedical Practice: From CottageIndustry to Corporate Practice\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMedical Malpractice Crisis: Oversight of the Practice of Medicine\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBig Data: Information Technology as Control over the Profession of Medicine\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePhysician Employment Status: Collective Bargaining and Strikes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eThe Corporatization of American Health Care\u003c\/i\u003e offers different perspectives with the hopes that physicians will unite in a new awareness and common cause to curtail excessive profit-making, renew professional altruism, restore the charitable impulse to health provider institutions, and unite with other professionals to truly raise levels of population health and the quality of health care. It is also a necessary resource for health policy analysts, healthcare administrators, health law attorneys, and other associated health professions.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Springer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2021-12-17\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9783030606695\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-3-030-60667-1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 235cm x155cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 307\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer International Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47711183175820,"sku":"9783030606695","price":98.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783030606695.jpg?v=1776793761","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9783030606695","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}