文档介绍：A Call to Be Whole
The Fundamentals of Health Care Reform
BARBARA J. SOWADA
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Sowada, Barbara J., 1947–
A call to be whole : the fundamentals of health care reform / Barbara J. Sowada.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0–275–97885–0 (alk. paper)
1. Health care reform—United States. I. Title.
2003
—dc21 2002044951
British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data is available.
Copyright © 2003 by Barbara J. Sowada
All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be
reproduced, by any process or technique, without the
express written consent of the publisher.
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 2002044951
ISBN: 0–275–97885–0
First published in 2003
Praeger Publishers, 88 Post Road West, Westport, CT 06881
An imprint of Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc.
Printed in the United States of America
The paper used in this plies with the
Permanent Paper Standard issued by the National
Information anization (–1984).
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In memory of Patty Ann Riley
Contents
Illustrations ix
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction xiii
1. Heartburn 1
2. Review of Systems 21
3. What Is Health? 41
4. What Is Care? 61
5. How Much Is Enough? 89
6. Who Is Responsible? 121
7. A Call to Be Whole 149
8. Compassion 171
9. We 191
Notes 205
Selected Bibliography 215
Index 219
Illustrations
FIGURES
. Quest to Maximize Profits 4
. Technology and Fee-for-Service Reimbursement Reinforce
Each Other’s Growth 11
. Health Care Is Both a Part and a Whole 24
. Differences between Modern and Postmodern Worldviews 26
. Health Care As a Cultural Box 31
. Basic Pattern of Health Care Systems 36
. Flood’s Holistic Prism 37
. A Congruent Health Care System Is One Whose Cover
Fits Its Frame 37
. Distribution of Determinants of Health 53
. The Current Health Care System: Elements Product 63
. Continuum of States 67
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