Health Care Reform: A Human Rights Approach

by Audrey R. Chapman (Editor)

Overview

Arguing that health care should be a human right rather than a commodity, the distinguished contributors to this volume call for a new social covenant establishing a right to a standard of health care consistent with society's level of resources. By linking rights with limits, they offer a framework for seeking national consensus on a cost-conscious standard of universal medical care. The authors identify the policy implications of recognizing and implementing such a right and develop specific criteria to measure the success of health care reform from a human rights perspective.

Health Care Reform also offers specific and timely criticism of managed competition and its offspring, the Clinton plan for health care reform. Because health care reform will inevitably be an ongoing process of assessment and revision—especially since managed competition has not been implemented elsewhere—this book will last beyond the moment by providing vital standards to guide the future evolution of the health care system.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781589018167
Publisher:	Georgetown University Press
Publication date:	05/01/1994
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	328
File size:	18 MB
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Age Range:	18 Years

Table of Contents

IntroductionAudrey R. Chapman

Part One: The Framework for Health Care Reform

The Right to Health Care and Health Care ReformJanet O'Keeffe

The President's Commission on the Right to Health CareDan W. Brock

Part Two: Health Care as a Human Right

Defining the Right to Health CareVirginia A. Leary

Egalitarian Justice and the Right to Health CareRobert M. Veatch

International Human Rights and Health Care ReformJack Donnelly

Aligning Rights and Responsibilities
Larry R. Churchill

A Human Rights Approach to Health Care ReformAudrey R. Chapman

Part Three: Defining a Basic Standard of Health Care

Defining the Decent MillenniumMary Ann Baily

Public Participation and the Adequate Standard of CareJames Lindemann Nelson

Towards a Uniform Health Benefit PackageJanet Weiner

Oregon's Contribution to Defining Adequate Health CareMichael J. Garland

Indicators for Monitoring Access to Basic Health Care as a Human RightThomas B. Jabine

Part Four: Managed Competition and the Future of Health Care in the United States

Privatization and Human Rights in Health CareDaniel Wikler

Assessing the Clinton Administration's Health Security ActAudrey R. Chapman

Policy Recommendations for Health Care ReformAudrey R. Chapman

Editorial Reviews

Nineteen contributions deriving from a project of the American Association for the Advancement of Science examine the ethical dimension of the debate on health care reform. They focus on concrete issues for establishing the scope and limitations of a right to health care and discuss the evolution of the American medical system; an ethical foundation for reform; criteria for evaluating health care reform efforts; defining a basic standard of health care; managed competition and the Clinton proposal; and recommendations for changes in the Health Security Act. Lacks an index. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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