Redeeming Marketplace Medicine: A Theology of Health Care

Type

Book

Authors

Abigail Rian Evans

ISBN 10

0829813101

ISBN 13

9780829813104

Tags

Sociology, Health Care Delivery, Health Policy, Politics & Social Sciences

Description

Asserting what most Americans already suspect -- that corporate-based managed care places profits over patient care -- theologian Abigail Rian Evans points out that medical experts have reduced health care to medical treatment under arrangements with health insurance plans and HMOs. Her reasoned, practical alternative engages Christian theology, proposing a much broader concept of health care. An important contribution to a critical discussion. - from Amzon

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