The Ethics of Managed Care: Professional Integrity and Patient Rights

This collection of essays provides a philosophical and historical analysis of the development and current situation of managed care.

The authors discuss the relationship between physician professionalism and patient rights to affordable, high quality care.

The special feature of this book is its depth of analysis as the philosophical, social, and economic issues of managed care are developed.

The book will be of interest to educated readers in their role as patients and to all levels of medical and health care professionals.