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- 020 __ |a 9781138592926 |q (hardback)
- 020 __ |a 9781138592933 |q (paperback)
- 020 __ |z 9780429489723 |q (ebook)
- 040 __ |a DLC |b eng |e rda |c DLC
- 050 00 |a RA395.A3 |b P23 2020
- 082 00 |a 362.10973 |2 23
- 099 __ |a CAL 022020286410
- 100 1_ |a Pagano, Michael P., |e author.
- 245 10 |a Understanding health care in America : |b culture, capitalism and communication / |c Michael Pagano.
- 264 _1 |a Abingdon, Oxon ; |a New York, NY : |b Routledge, |c 2021.
- 300 __ |a xx, 211 pages ; |c 24 cm
- 336 __ |a text |b txt |2 rdacontent
- 337 __ |a unmediated |b n |2 rdamedia
- 338 __ |a volume |b nc |2 rdacarrier
- 504 __ |a Includes bibliographical references and index.
- 520 __ |a "This book examines the current state of American health care using a social science lens to focus on the interdependent, intercultural, economic, and communication aspects of access and delivery. This text explores how the cultures of health care organizations, health professions, governments, and capitalism, as well as communication, all contribute to a disease-focused, economically driven, technology-centered health care system. It seeks to understand twenty-first century health care from a macro-level view based on historical realizations and the current plethora of interdependent, but self-serving realities that provide few, if any, incentives for organizational collaboration and change. The fact that the most expensive health care system in the world does not provide the healthiest outcomes is a driving force in this exploration. By reflecting on American values and beliefs regarding health care from philosophical, clinical, communication, and cost perspectives, this text is designed to encourage an organizational transformation at every level, from government to providers to patients. This comprehensive survey is an important guide for those studying, or working in, health care professions, as well as health care policy and administration. It should also be of interest to any reader who seeks to better understand U.S. healthcare policy from social science, economic, and/or health communication perspectives. Michael P. Pagano is an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication at Fairfield University, Connecticut. After serving as an Army corpsman in Vietnam, Michael became a Physician Assistant-Certified (PA-C). While working in Emergency Departments, he went to graduate school and earned an MA in English and a Ph.D. in Communication with a focus in health communication. Over the past 40 years he practiced as a PA-C and combined patient care with his passion for teaching and his interest in exploring health communication from: consumer-provider, provider education, and health care organizational communication perspectives. Currently, he teaches a wide variety of undergraduate and graduate: health, organizational, and interpersonal communication courses, including interdisciplinary health studies courses for health professions students"-- |c Provided by publisher.
- 650 _0 |a Medical care |z United States.
- 776 08 |i Online version: |a Pagano, Michael, |t Understanding health care in America |d New York : Routledge, 2021. |z 9780429489723 |w (DLC) 2020016940