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Article: The Changing Face of Health Care: A Christian Appraisal of Managed Care, Resource Allocation, and Patient-Caregiver Relationships.(Review)
- Article from:
- The Christian Century
- Article date:
- March 24, 1999
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The Changing Face of Health Care: A Christian Appraisal of Managed Care, Resource Allocation, and Patient-Caregiver Relationships. Edited by John F. Kilner, Robert D. Orr and Judith Allen Shelly. Eerdmans, 314 pp., $19.00.
The ways in which American health care is delivered and financed are changing dramatically. These changes have important ramifications for Christian administrators of health care facilities and for physicians and nurses who see connections between their professions and their faith. How can they remain faithful to both their Christian identity and their identity as healers?
People with a variety of responsibilities within health care ...