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Mental illness is the poor, and somehow "damaged," cousin to physical ailments in the eyes of too many in our society. Compare the difference in how people would respond to someone who had fallen and broken their leg on the street, to how most react to those mentally ill among us, on those same streets, who spend their winters on steam grates and forage for food in dumpsters. "Rationing Sanity" is a provocative analysis of the mental health care system in the United States, dealing with issues of justice and access to mental health care. How should a decent society, affluent but facing many serious calls on its resources, best care for citizens afflicted with severe and persistent mental illnesses? James Lindemann Nelson brings together, for the first time, scholars of the ethics of mental health care and top managed care policy analysts to address this crucial problem. "Rationing Sanity" integrates those perspectives with the thoughtful practice-based experience of physicians well versed in the actual care of people with emotional and behavioral problems. Over a period of years, the contributors met face-to-face to engage each other on the ethics of managed mental health care - the result is a unique, collaborative effort that provides a wealth of important new insights on not only how Americans can readjust their attitudes toward the mentally ill - but also how we may find more just and humane treatment for those afflicted.

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Book category Books in English Medicine Medicine: general issues Medical profession

• Full title: Rationing Sanity
• Subtitle: Ethical Issues in Managed Mental Health Care
• Author: James Lindemann Nelson
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 192
• EAN: 9780878401451
• ISBN: 0878401458
• ID: 04751466
• Publisher: Georgetown University Press
• Weight: 431 g
• Dimensions: 229 × 152 × 17 mm
• Date of publishing: 12. December 2003

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