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MECHANIC, David was born on February 21, 1936 in New York, United States. Son of Louis Mechanic and Tillie (Penn) Mechanic.
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Inescapable Decisions examines the disarray in the American health care system and proposes major corrective strategies. Mechanic shows that the high-technology interventionist type of medicine commonly practiced in the United States has lost its sense of priorities and balance. Expensive and sometimes dangerous procedures of unknown efficacy are used excessively and often inappropriately, while many basic preventive and primary care services remain unavailable to those who need them the most. This incredibly complex system of care operates in an environment of heavy-landed rules and regulations and enormous waste of resources.
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Just a few years ago there was much optimism that the American health care system would be reformed and that we would have a system of universal insurance entitlement with few people uninsured. The realization that full mental health benefits would only be financially acceptable within a managed care framework suggests the importance of managed care as an instrument for achieving broader coverage at an acceptable cost. Yet, it remains to be seen to what extent the marketplace will direct the future development of managed care and what role professional agencies, government, and consumer organizations will have in making managed care organizations accountable to the public. This book takes a multidisciplinary approach to mental health and social policy. It covers mental health issues such as definitions of mental disorders, the epidemiology of mental illness, case management, community treatment, mental health research, and questions of policy. It also includes the definitions of disability and the links to federal programs and housing and employment services that will be of special interest to social workers. Mental health care providers, social workers, and therapists.
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The most authoritative evidence-based approach to mental health policy and design. Rooted in research findings that support an evidence-based orientation to treatment and recovery, the sixth edition of Mental Health and Social Policy takes a multidisciplinary approach to mental health and social policy. It examines the nature, origins, distribution, and consequences of disorders, while detailing information on the services, programs, and social policies that have been developed to assist people with mental health problems. Learning Goals Upon completing this book, readers will be able to: • Understand the nature, origins, distribution and consequences of mental disorders. • Examine the services, programs, and social policies developed to assist people with mental health problems.
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Discussions of managed care are dominated by emotion and rhetoric and failure to differentiate among the varying structures, approaches, and strategies that are called managed care. These discussions rarely take account of the complexity of the arena or the failures of mental health systems prior to the introduction of managed care. If we are to shape managed care constructively, we first need clear understanding of how it is structured, how it functions, and when it performs well and poorly. This should help identify how practices can best be monitored, evaluated, and, if necessary, regulated. This book will help readers along this path. This is the 78th issue of the quarterly journal New Directions for Mental Health Services. For more information on the series, please see the Journals and Periodicals section.
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The fifth edition text of Mental Health and Social Policy takes a multidisciplinary approach to mental health and social policy. It covers mental health issues and includes important new epidemiological studies, controlled clinical trials, and other investigations that inform the new thrust for evidence-based mental health services. It also covers cutting-edge new information on disparities in mental health care coverage, pharmaceutical companies and the marketing of drugs, PTSD in the wake of the Iraq war and 9/11, the Surgeon General Report on Mental health, the Bush New Freedom commission, and the criminalization of mental illness.
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More than ever, society faces painful choices in the allocation of resources for health care. How it makes these choices, and how wise they are, will determine the quality and character of health care for years to come. David Mechanic examines existing and impending dilemmas the American health care system must manage as it confronts these choices. He explores conceptual approaches to health and health care, showing how these translate into research, and defines a strategy for informed choice. The result is a masterful volume by one of our leading medical sociologists at the peak of his career. Mechanic looks at the continuing emphasis on biomedical technology in the context of growing economic, constraints, as medical care becomes more expensive and demands become greater. He examines the discrepancy between public expectations and how health care is actually provided, and points out increasing discordance between demographic trends and disease patterns and the medical system's emphasis on acute care. Of particular concern is the enormous gap between entitlements for medical care and the increasing need for long-term care. This gap is of particular concern because of the United States's enormous investment in health care, which now consumes 11 percent of the Gross National Product, Although there is no particular consensus on what is an appropriate level of investment in health, policymakers are impatient with the medical system's apparent inability to control costs, and are concerned as well about the competition for resources between health and other sectors. Mechanic examines new trends, such as managed care, and transformation of the role of those who provide health care from patient advocates to allocators of services-a crucial distinction. The choices that will have to be made in the next decades are difficult They will also be painful, but they are inevitable. The key challenge will be to respond to the anxieties of the 37 million uninsured children and adults, the growing numbers of frail elderly, and the needs of patients with serious mental illness and other chronic disabilities. All of this must be accomplished while maintaining a high level of service for the rest of the population, and without breaking the bank. To achieve this, Mechanic argues, health services must be shaped to enhance function and quality of life, and not simply in response to technological imperatives. In its profound understanding of the social and political context, in which competitive initiative, the growth of regulation, new health care systems, and approaches for making research sensitive to patients are all evident, Painful Choices provides a framework for responsive and meaningful policy analysis.
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The United States spends greatly more per person on health care than any other country but the evidence shows that care is often poor and inappropriate. Despite expenditures of 1.7 trillion dollars in 2003, and growing substantially each year, services remain fragmented and poorly coordinated, and more than 46 million people are uninsured. Why can't America, with its vast array of resources, sophisticated technologies, superior medical research and educational institutions, and talented health care professionals, produce higher quality care and better outcomes? In The Truth about Health Care, David Mechanic explains how health care in America has evolved in ways that favor a myriad of economic, professional, and political interests over those of patients. While money has always had a place in medical care, "big money" and the quest for profits has become dominant, making meaningful reforms difficult to achieve. Mechanic acknowledges that railing against these influences, which are here to stay, can achieve only so much. Instead, he asks whether it is possible to convert what is best about health care in America into a well functioning system that better serves the entire population. Bringing decades of experience as an active health policy participant, researcher, teacher, and consultant to the public and private sectors, Mechanic examines the strengths and weaknesses of our system and how it has evolved. He pays special attention to areas often neglected in policy discussions, such as the loss of public trust in medicine, the tragic state of long-term care, and the relationship of mental health to health care. For anyone who has been frustrated by uncoordinated health networks, insurance denials, and other obstacles to obtaining appropriate care, this book will provide a refreshing and frank look at the system's current and future dilemmas. Mechanic's thoughtful roadmap describes how health plans, healthcare professionals, policymakers, and consumer groups can work together to improve access, quality, fairness, and health outcomes in America. About the Author:
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MECHANIC, David was born on February 21, 1936 in New York, United States. Son of Louis Mechanic and Tillie (Penn) Mechanic.
Bachelor of Arts, City College of New York, 1956; Master of Arts, Stanford University, 1957; Doctor of Philosophy, Stanford University, 1959.
Faculty University Wisconsin, Madison, 1960—1979, professor sociology, 1965—1973, John Bascom professor, 1973—1979. Director University Wisconsin (Center for Medical Sociology and Health Services Research), 1971—1979, chairman department sociology, 1968—1970. Professor social work and sociology Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, since 1979, acting dean faculty arts and science, 1980—1981, University professor, dean faculty arts and science, 1981—1984, University professor and Rene Dubos professor behavioral science, since 1984, director Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research, since 1985.
Panelist on health services research President's Science Advisory Committee, 1971—1972. Coordinator panel President's Commission Mental Health, 1977—1978. Member National Advisory Council Aging, National Institutes of Health, 1982—1986.
Treatment committee on reduction of cancer mortality National Cancer Institute, 1984. Expert advisory panel on mental health World Health Organization, 1984—1989. Vice-chairman committee pain, disability and chronic illness behavior Institute Medicine-NAS, 1985—1986, panel on prevention of disability, 1989—1990, panel on new data for an aging world, 1999—2000, committee on capitalizing on social science and behavioral research to improve the publications health, 1999.
Health advisory board General Accounting Office, 1987—1995. National committee on vital and health statistics Department of Health and Human Services, 1988—1992. Commission on medical education Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, 1990—1992, national advisory committee scholars in health policy research program, since 1993, national director investigators awards in health policy research program, since 2000, technical advisory committee scholars in health policy research program, 2001—2002, national advisory committee health and society scholar's program, 2003—2009.
Member Committee on Prevention of Mental Disorder, 1992—1994. Panel on technical, insurance and health care system Office of Technology United States Congress, 1992—1995. Commission on behavioral and social science and education National Research Council, 1992—1995.
Advisory committee Picker/Commonwealth Scholars Program, 1992—1999. Panel on rethinking disability policy National Academy Social Insurance, 1993—1996. Visiting scholar Kings Fund Institute, London, 1994—1995.
Professionalism advisory committee American Board Internal Medical Foundation, 2002—2005. Board directors Academy Health. Panel on divergent trends in longevity in high-income countries National Academy of Sciences.
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( The United States spends greatly more per person on hea...)
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Fellow: American Association for the Advancement of Science (chairman section social, economic and political science 1985), Association Health Services Research (distinguished 1996). Member: National Academy of Sciences, National Academy Sciences, Hogg Foundation Mental Health (national advisory council 1987), National Academy Social Insurance (founding), American Academy Arts and Sciences, Institute Medicine-NAS (governing council 1972-1974), Sociological Research Association (president 1991-1992), American Sociological Association (chairman medical sociological section 1969-1970, governing council 1977-1978, chairman publications committee 1989-1991, chairman mental health section 1992-1993, Distinguished Medical Sociologist award 1983, Lifetime Achievement award mental health section 1994, Distinguished Career award 2001, Distinguished Career award for Practice of Sociology 2004), Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Kathleen Mars Wiltshire. Children: Robert Edmund, Michael Alexander.