Karen Grandstrand Gervais

Ethical Challenges in Managed Care: A Casebook Karen Grandstrand Gervais

Commendation Quotes:"One of the most interesting areas of the current managed care debate is one that receives far too little attention: that is the ethical dimension. This book has gone a long way to fill this gap, especially when it comes to help clarify lines of responsibility and accountability. This is an important and powerful book." -- U. S. Senator Paul WellstoneReview Quotes:"A timely and welcome attempt to identify important, if not uncommon, predicaments in managed care." -- "Bioethics Forum"Marc Notes: Incl. bibl. ref. & index; Avail. in cloth at $60.00Publisher Marketing: Using 20 case studies that illustrate a wide range of ethical challenges, this is an exploration of the goals, methods and practices of managed care. It offers practical guidance for addressing the ethical and policy issues inherent in such a system.

Contributor Bio:  Gervais, Karen Grandstrand Gervais is director of the Minnesota Center for Health Care Ethics. Contributor Bio:  Otte, Kimberly K Otte is an attorney in the Legal and Public Affairs Department of Allina Health System in Minneapolis. Contributor Bio:  Vawter, Dorothy E Dorothy E. Vawter, Ph. D., associate director, Minnesota Center for Health Care Ethics, directs the Center's work on cross-cultural health care ethics. Contributor Bio:  Priester, Reinhard Robert L. Kane, M. D., is a professor and the Minnesota Chair in Long-Term Care and Aging at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health. Reinhard Priester, J. D., is a coordinator in the Division of Health Services Research and Policy of the University of Minnesota School of Public Health. Annette M. Totten, Ph. D. is director of the Center for the Study of Aging at Boise State University. Contributor Bio:  Solberg, Mary M Mary M. Solberg, Ph. D., M. S. W., is a member of the religion faculty at Gustavus Adolphus College.