Michael Pagano

Understanding Health Care in America (eBook, PDF)

Culture, Capitalism, and Communication

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book examines the current state of American health care using a social science lens to focus on the interdependent, intercultural, economic, and communication aspects of access and delivery.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. September 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780429952760
• Artikelnr.: 59888354

Autorenporträt

Michael Pagano is an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication at Fairfield University, Connecticut. After serving as an Army corpsman in Vietnam, he became a Physician Assistant-Certified (PA-C). While working in Emergency Departments, he went to graduate school and earned an MA in English and a PhD in Communication with a focus in health communication. Over the past 40 years he has practiced as a PA-C and combined patient care with his passion for teaching and his interest in exploring health communication from consumer-provider, provider education, and health care organizational communication perspectives. Currently, he teaches a wide variety of undergraduate and graduate health, organizational, and interpersonal communication courses, including interdisciplinary health studies courses for health professions students.

Inhaltsangabe

1.Introduction: culture, capitalism, and communication. Section 1: The
Impact of Organizational Culture on Health Care in America. 2.Physician
Culture. 3.Nursing Culture. 4.Health Care Organization (nonprovider,
nongovernment) Culture. 5.Health Consumer Culture. Section 2: The Impact of
Capitalism on Health Care in America. 6.Capitalism and Health Care- The
Government's Role. 7.Capitalism and Health Care- Health insurance.
8.Capitalism and Health Care-Technology and specialization. 9.Capitalism
and Health Care-Pharmaceutical and device manufacturers. Section 3: The
Impact of Communication in Healthcare in America. 10.Communication and
Health Care. Section 4: Implications for Health Care Reform.
11.Understanding Health Care in America-The Future.