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Overview"How the politics of ""medical necessity"" complicates American health care The definition of medical necessity has morphed over the years, from a singular physician's determination to a complex and dynamic political contest involving patients, medical companies, insurance companies, and government agencies. In this book, Daniel Skinner construc" Full Product DetailsAuthor: Daniel SkinnerPublisher: University of Minnesota Press Imprint: University of Minnesota Press Edition: 1 Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 3.80cm , Length: 21.60cm ISBN: 9781517903763ISBN 10: 1517903769 Pages: 264 Publication Date: 24 December 2019 Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , General , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Temporarily unavailable  The supplier advises that this item is temporarily unavailable. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out to you. Table of ContentsReviewsMedical Necessity brings high-level theoretical concepts to bear on the idea of necessity, showing that this uniquely important aspect of contemporary medical administration appears and recedes in relation to a set of actors-doctors, patients, insurance companies, paraprofessionals, and lawyers-who manage the classification of treatments and negotiate the technical aspects of 'need' within their domains. -Cindy Patton, editor of Rebirth of the Clinic: Places and Agents in Contemporary Health Care Author InformationDaniel Skinner is associate professor of health policy in the Department of Social Medicine at Ohio University’s Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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