Hospitals, Doctors, and the Public Interest / / ed. by John H. Knowles.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP e-dition: Complete eBook Package
• MitwirkendeR: Cherkasky, Martin,; Churchill, Edward D.,; Knowles, John H.,; Lindemann, Erich,; Masur, Jack,; McKeown, Thomas,; Nelson, Russell A.,; Neumann, Ellsworth T.,; Peterson, Osier L.,; Pollack, Jerome,; Reader, George G.,; Rutstein, David D.,; Schottland, Charles I.,; Somers, Herman M.,; Trussell, Ray E.,
• HerausgeberIn: Knowles, John H.,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2013]; ©1965
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Edition: 2nd printing 1966. Reprint 2014
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (337 p.) :; 5 illustrations, 17 tables

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- PREFACE -- CONTENTS -- THE TEACHING HOSPITAL: HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE AND A CONTEMPORARY VIEW -- THE BALANCED BIOLOGY OF THE TEACHING HOSPITAL -- THE TEACHING HOSPITAL AND THE COMMUNITY -- HOSPITALS, MEDICINE, AND THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES -- THE HOSPITAL AS A SOCIAL INSTRUMENT: RECENT EXPERIENCES AT MONTEFIORE HOSPITAL -- THE PROBLEMS OF MAINTAINING QUALITY IN HOSPITALS -- GOVERNMENT AND HOSPITALS -- MEDICAL CARE RESEARCH: COUNTERBALANCE TO OPINION AND HABIT -- THE VOICE OF THE CONSUMER: COST, QUALITY, AND ORGANIZATION OF MEDICAL SERVICES -- PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE: PROGRESS AND PROBLEMS -- THE SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEM AND MEDICAL CARE -- MEDICAL EDUCATION IN THE HOSPITAL -- THE HOSPITAL AND THE CONTINUING EDUCATION OF THE PHYSICIAN -- MEDICAL EDUCATION AND MEDICAL CARE: AN EXAMINATION OF TRADITIONAL CONCEPTS AND SUGGESTIONS FOR CHANGE -- THE HEALTH NEEDS OF COMMUNITIES -- AT THE TURN OF THE NEXT CENTURY -- NOTES -- INDEX