The legal system plays a much larger role in health care organization, financing, and delivery than most people realize- through regulatory oversight, legislation mandating benefits, and judicial ruling on substandard care. By imposing limits on costs and on physicians' autonomy, managed care has brought the interaction between the legal and medical professions to the fore. In lucid, non-technical terms, this book explains how the legal system helps shape health care, offers new ways of understanding the relationship ...
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The legal system plays a much larger role in health care organization, financing, and delivery than most people realize- through regulatory oversight, legislation mandating benefits, and judicial ruling on substandard care. By imposing limits on costs and on physicians' autonomy, managed care has brought the interaction between the legal and medical professions to the fore. In lucid, non-technical terms, this book explains how the legal system helps shape health care, offers new ways of understanding the relationship between law and medicine, and reflects on why it all matters.
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