Changing consumers and changing technology in health care and health care delivery [electronic resource] / Edited by J.J. Kronenfeld.
Material type: TextSeries: Research in the sociology of health care ; v. 19, | Emerald ebookPublication details: Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2009.Description: 298 p. : illISBN:- 9781849501156 :
- 1849501157 :
- 02754959
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Part 1 Changing consumer perspectives in today's health care environment: managed care - the changing environment for consumers and health care providers-- on being a proactive health care consumer - making an "unresponsive" system work for you-- consumer desire and medical practice-- using social network principles to structure linkages between providers and patients.-- Part 2 Specific technologies and programs: hospital technology-environment interplay as determinants of mortality-- the history of nursing home bed supply in Chicago - the effect of federal policy and urban settlement on utilization-- computer tools and shared decision making - patient perspectives of "knowledge coupling" in primary care.-- Part 3 Technology and providers: predictors of continued use of telemedicine by primary care professionals, medical specialists and patients-- managing mental illness - trends in continuing mental health education for family doctors, 1977-1996.-- Part 4 Issues of changes for specialized patients - people with serious illnesses: using action research to improve collaboration between breast cancer patients and physicians - creating the programme for collaborative care-- health determinants among persons with traumatic injuries - a comparative analysis using the sickness impact profile-- the extended self - illness experiences of older married arthritis sufferers.
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