Where Medicine Fails

This fifth edition of Where Medicine Fails, like previous editions, argues for a broader definition of society's responsibilities to the ill than is commonly perceived to be the case. The authors examine the moral and economic implications of medical technology, especially in regard to fetal tissue transplant, cancer survival, childbirth, and dying, and provide a thoughtful assessment of the issues and challenges facing American hospitals. Seventeen chapters are new to this edition. The aim of this volume is to encourage serious examination of the current structure of health services and of the complicated facets of health care reform.

Carolyn L. Wiener, Anselm L. Srauss

Introduction to the Fifth Edition Carolyn L. Wiener Part I: Economics vs. Moral Issues Chronic Illness Anselm L. Strauss What Price Chronic Illness? Carolyn L. Wiener, Shizuko Fagerhaugh, Anselm L. Strauss, and Barbara Suczek The Price of Survival for Cancer Victims Morton Bard AIDS and Health Care Deficiencies Anselm L. Strauss, Shizuko Fagerhaugh, Barbara Suczek, and Carolyn L. Wiener Planning to Die Jeanne Guillemin Moral Dilemmas Elizabeth W. Markson Turf Battles on Medicine Avenue Mark G. Field Regulating Commerce in Fetal Tissue Emanuel D. Thorne The Health of Haight-Ashbury David E. Smith, John Luce, and Ernest Dernburg Part II: Compound Fracture: The American Hospital Past Is Prologue Rosemary Stevens The Business of Childbirth Jeanne Guillemin and Lynda Lytle Holmstrom Silent Knife: Cesarean Section in the United States Nancy Wainer Cohen and Lois J. Estner Hospital Care for Profit Geraldine Dallek Public Prospects Robert G. Hughes and Philip R. Lee Opiate of the Managers Alan Sager Upheaval and Adaptation Ross M. Mullner, Odin W. Anderson, and Ronald M. Andersen Discharge Planning: No Deposit, No Return Martin Hochbaum and Florence Galkin Part III: Health Policy and Reform Medical Ghettos 263 Anselm L. Strauss A Century of Health Reform Eli Ginzberg Health Care for the Homeless Drew Altman, Ellen L. Bassuk, William R. Breakey, A. Alan Fischer, Charles R. Halpern, Gloria Smith, Louisa Stark, Nathan Stark, Bruce C. Vladeck, Phyllis Wolfe Health Policy for the Elderly Steven P. Wallace and Carroll L. Estes The Piper's Tune Caroline Poplin The All-Frills Yuppie Health Care Boutique Emily Friedman The Pitfalls of "Fetal Protection" David L. Kirp Chemicals and Cancerphobia Elizabeth M. Whelan Reducing Environmental Risks Robert H. Harris, Robert B. Nicholas, and Paul Milvy Cancer and Corporations Robert Crawford Contributors