Understanding Health Care in America
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Understanding Health Care in America

Culture, Capitalism, and Communication

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Understanding Health Care in America

Culture, Capitalism, and Communication

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This book examines the current state of American health care using a social science lens to focus on the interdependent, intercultural, economic, and communication aspects of access and delivery.

This text explores how the cultures of health care organizations, health professions, governments, and capitalism, as well as communication, all contribute to a disease-focused, economically driven, technology-centered health care system. It seeks to understand 21st century health care from a macro-level view based on historical realizations and the current plethora of interdependent, but self-serving realities that provide few, if any, incentives for organizational collaboration and change. The fact that the most expensive health care system in the world does not provide the healthiest outcomes is a driving force in this exploration. By reflecting on American values and beliefs regarding health care from philosophical, clinical, communication, and cost perspectives, this text is designed to encourage an organizational transformation at every level, from government to providers to patients.

This comprehensive survey is an important guide for those studying, or working in, health care professions, as well as health care policy and administration. It should also be of interest to any reader who seeks to better understand U.S. health care policy from social science, economic, and/or health communication perspectives.

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Publisher
Routledge
Year
2020
ISBN
9780429952753
Edition
1
Topic
Social Sciences
Subtopic
Global Development Studies
Index
Social Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Dedication
  6. Table of Contents
  7. Preface
  8. Acknowledgments
  9. Notes on the text
  10. List of abbreviations
  11. 1 Introduction—culture, capitalism, and communication
  12. PART I: The impact of organizational culture on health care in America
  13. PART II: The impact of capitalism on health care in America
  14. PART III: The impact of communication on health care in America
  15. PART IV: Implications for health care reform
  16. Index