The Future of Primary Care (Paperback)

Jonathan Showstack

ISBN 10: 0787972436 / ISBN 13: 9780787972431

Published by John Wiley & Sons Inc, New York, 2004

About this Item

Paperback. The Future of Primary Care reports on the principles of organization and delivery of primary care to address the needs of our future population. The Future of Primary Cares stellar panel of health care experts includes Barbara Starfield, Dana Gelb Safran, Bernard Lo, and Gordon Moore. They explore topics such as Current dilemmas and threats to primary care from both the clinicians and patients point of view The impact of the self-care and alternative care movements The importance of improved information technologies Individual elements of primary care and the relative value of each element Primary cares contribution to the overall health of our population Assessing alternative sites and circumstances where primary care may be provided The specialist and nurse as primary care providers The role of primary care in chronic illness management, care for the elderly, long term and home care Exploring recommendations for the future Primary care, the fundamental practice of medicine, is at a crossroads. Changes in population demographics and in the financing and organization of the health care system are forcing changes in the role of physicians. This book presents fills a gap in the literature and offers a view that is at once authoritative, innovative and controversial. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Future of Primary Care (Paperback)
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc, New York
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0787972436
• ISBN 13: 9780787972431
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

The Future of Primary Care reports on the principles of organization and delivery of primary care to address the needs of our future population. The Future of Primary Care’s   stellar panel of health care experts includes Barbara Starfield, Dana Gelb Safran, Bernard Lo, and Gordon Moore. They explore topics such as

· Current dilemmas and threats to primary care from both the clinician’s and patient’s point of view

· The impact of the self-care and alternative care movements

· The importance of improved information technologies

· Individual elements of primary care and the relative value of each element

· Primary care’s contribution to the overall health of our population

· Assessing alternative sites and circumstances where primary care may be provided

· The specialist and nurse as primary care providers

· The role of primary care in chronic illness management, care for the elderly, long term and home care

· Exploring recommendations for the future

About the Author

Jonathan Showstack is professor of medicine and health policy in the Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, and the Institute for Health Policy Studies, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco.

Arlyss Anderson Rothman is assistant professor in the School of Nursing, Department of Family Health Care Nursing, and researcher in the Institute for Health Policy Studies at the University of California, San Francisco.

Susan B. Hassmiller is a senior program officer at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.