Bøger af Howard Brody

American politicians and policymakers tend to hold certain truths as self-evident-that the "free market" should be permitted to control as much of our lives and society as possible, and that the proper role of government is to get out of the market's way. In this book, Howard Brody challenges these so-called truths. He shows first that this way of thinking constitutes a belief system called economism. He next demonstrates that while economism claims to be a set of hard-headed scientific facts, it actually functions as a system of religious or quasi-religious beliefs. He finally traces the historical roots of economism to reveal that it takes many of its core ideas from two religious sources-evangelicalism in nineteenth century England, and the "Protestant Ethic" that evolved from Calvinist and Puritan beliefs in America in the eighteenth century. Brody explains that since economism is posing as a scientific, factual account of the world but actually is not, deception and stealth necessarily accompany economism wherever it rears its head. After giving examples of the tragic effects that policies promoted by economism have had on American life and culture, Brody discusses what we can do to rescue our future from this misguided way of thinking.

An examination of the moral principles and institutional arrangements that will be needed to drive any new health care reform inititive.

Drawing on literary works dealing with medical power, Brody argues that proposals to reduce or eliminate the power of the physician are misguided. Instead, there should be guidelines to enable the physician to share with the patient the information and responsibility for deciding on treatment.

This book explores the controversial relationship between physicians and the pharmaceutical industry, identifies the ethical tensions and controversies, and proposes numerous reforms both for medicine's own professional integrity and for effective public regulation of the industry.

Explores the controversial relationship between physicians and the pharmaceutical industry, and identifies the ethical tensions and controversies. This title proposes many reforms both for medicine's own professional integrity and for effective public regulation of the industry.