Conflicts of interest and the future of medicine :
[Book]
the United States, France, and Japan /
Marc A. Rodwin
Oxford, England :
Oxford University Press,
2011
1 online resource (xi, 375 pages)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-359) and index
The heart of the matter -- The evolution of the French medicine -- Coping with physicians' conflicts of interest in France -- The rise of a protected medical market : the United States before 1950 -- The commercial transformation : the United States, 1950-1980 -- The logic of medical markets : the United States, 1980 to the present -- Coping with physicians' conflicts of interest in the United States -- The evolution of Japanese medicine -- Coping with physicians' conflicts of interest in Japan -- Reforms -- Professionalism reconsidered
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This book examines the development of conflicts of interest in the healthcare systems of the US, France, and Japan. It shows that national differences in the organization of medical practice and the interplay of organized medicine, the market, and the state give rise to variations in the type and prevalence of such conflicts