Enemies of Patients by Ruth Macklin ISBN 13: 9780195072006

New York, NY: Oxford University Press, USA, 1993. First edition. . Hard cover. New in fine dust jacket. Price clipped. Ships today from the USA! Brand New display copy/return may show lightest handling/shelfwear only! NO stickers NO marks! Ships fast from the east coast! Reduced over 90% off retail!. 1 Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 1st edition prtd on acid free archival stock. 272 p. Audience: General/trade. 6x9x9rOw authbOw / bas 121512

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New York: New York: Oxford Univ Pr, 1993. clean tight and unmarked in unclipped dj with edge bumps and slight soiling.... From Publishers Weekly. health system reform team would do well to read this study by Macklin, professor of bioethics at New York City's Albert Einstein College of Medicine--for Macklin seeks to disentangle the increasingly complicated, even adversarial relations between the medical establishment and its patients. Her account is detailed and persuasive. Although doctors appear to focus on the medical interests of patients, the author explains, doctors are often accused of being their patients' "enemies" by patient advocate groups. Further, there are other culpable forces intruding on patients' well-being, such as insurance companies and hospital management. Macklin points out that the 1973 12-point Bill of Patient Rights and the 1991 Patient Self-Determination Act helped to establish patient participation in the decision-making process, as stipulated in… Read More