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The physician's role in home health care
- Title
- The physician's role in home health care / Peter A. Boling.
- Author
- Boling, Peter
- Publication
- New York : Springer Pub. Co., c1997.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | RA645.35 .B65 1997 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xi, 315 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
- Summary
- The author highlights the physician's strengths and critical functions a member of a home health care team and describes the need for more physicians participating in home care. Addressing the physician's role in all its dimensions, the author discusses such issues as teamwork with other professionals, managed care, cost-effectiveness, caregiver support, education and training, and care delivery system models.
- This volume is valuable for an array of health professionals, including physicians, case managers, home care nurses, nurse administrators and health policy makers.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Foreword / Joseph Keenan -- Pt. I. Home Health Care Physicians and What They Do. 1. Introduction. 2. Attributes and Practices of the Home Health Care Physician. 3. Home Care Physicians and the Interdisciplinary Team. 4. Home Health Care Practice Guidelines for Physicians. 5. Physicians and Nonmedical Caregivers -- Pt. II. Effectiveness, Organization, and Management of Home Health Care. 6. Is Medical Home Health Care Cost-Effective? 7. Home Care Management and Managed Care. 8. Home Health Care Delivery System Strategies and Information Management -- Pt. III. Home Health Care in Our Society. 9. Present and Projected Demands for Home Health Care. 10. Meeting the Demand for Home Health Care Services in a Complex and Changing World. 11. Education for Home Health Care. 12. Physician and Professional Provider Compensation in Home Health Care. 13. Final Thoughts.
- ISBN
- 0826197000
- LCCN
- 97013704
- OCLC
- 36807662
- ocm36807662
- SCSB-4783578
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries