Medicare Matters
Author: Christine Cassel
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Published: 2007-03-29
Total Pages: 273
ISBN-13: 0520251563
DOWNLOAD EBOOK“One of the great leaders of our time in American medicine tackles one of the great health-care issues of our generation: the design, fate, and principles of Medicare as a system. Care for our aging population and coverage through Medicare provide key testing grounds for our nation’s moral and technical capacity to extend health and relieve suffering. Dr. Cassel is unique in her ability to bridge the worlds of clinical science, health-care policy, and social ethics as she helps us think through how best to meet that test. This book is a welcome guide and a clear charter for a nation that cares—or ought to care—deeply about addressing the needs of its aging population.”—Donald M. Berwick, MD, MPP, President and CEO, Institute for Healthcare Improvement