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Chapter10–Mental Health Services

Answer the following questions on Mental Health Services:

  1. The recipients of mental health services in the U.S. represent only a small percentage of those in need of services. State two (2) factors that impede access to mental illness treatment.
  2. Name two (2) ways WWI and WWII affected the awareness of mental health disorders among the federal government and the American public? Name one (1) result of that awareness?
  3. From colonial times through the 1960s, the primary mode of mental illness treatment was institutional. In the 1960s, mental health treatment shifted to a community-based orientation. Name two (2) factors responsible for this shift? What were the effects on patients and on the community?
  4. As mental illness treatment shifted from the institutional to the community setting, public dollars were allocated on the basis of units of service delivered, not on results of care. Discuss the implications of this policy on the deinstitutionalized severely mentally ill.
  5. The author states, “In contrast to widely held assumptions, mental disorders can now be diagnosed and treated as effectively as physical disorders.” Identify and discuss two (2) factors that have contributed to the persistence of erroneous assumptions about mental illness treatment.  Identify one (1) factor that “allow mental disorders to be diagnosed and treated as effectively as physical disorders.”
 
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Chapter9–Long Term Care

Answer the following questions on Long Term Care:

  1. More than three-fourths of the elderly needing assistance is cared for by family members, many of whom also   work outside the home. What implications does this have for employers? What types of employer policies might    be appropriate regarding those engaged in providing long-term care for a family member?
  2. Discuss:  In what ways does assuring quality in the long-term care industry pose special challenges to regulators              and consumers?
  3. The value of informal long-term care provided by family members and friends is estimated at over $450 billion annually, more than double the national expenditures for skilled nursing and home care combined. Much of this                cost would fall to government if it were not for this informal system. Would you support government assistance     for informal caregivers, through mechanisms such as tax reduction incentives, or subsidy for respite care? Why         or why not? If not, what alternative measures would you propose to help keep the informal system intact?
  4. Shortages of health care personnel in the long-term care industry pose critical future challenges to the health    care system. Review reasons for these shortages. Suggest government and institutional policy changes that          might help attract more workers to this industry.
 
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Chapter 7–The Health Care Workforce and Chapter 8—Financing Health

Answer the following questions on Health Care Workforce/Personnel:

  1. The majority of schools of medicine, dentistry, nursing, and other professions and their teaching hospitals are heavily subsidized by federal and state funds. Many of those graduates, when they become health practitioners, feel no obligation to society for their publicly supported education. Do health care providers who reap the benefits of high compensation and social position have an ethical responsibility to repay taxpayers by meeting the needs of the medically underserved?
  2. Technical advances in health care have spawned an ever-increasing number of specialty- trained personnel. More recently, however, hospitals and other institutions are promoting the cross-training of personnel so that they can perform multiple tasks and work more flexibly, based on institution needs. What are the implications of cross training, in terms of quality of care, costs, and efficiency?
  3. Men comprise a small segment of the nurse population, although their numbers are increasing.  Given the good income potential of the nursing profession and continuing demand, what is your opinion about why nursing does not attract more males?

Answer the following questions on Health Care Financing:

  1. Name one (1)  way each of the following has affected the costs of health care in the US?
    • The health insurance industry
    • Advances in medical care technology
    • Changes in U.S. demographics
    • Government support for health care
    • Consumer expectations
  2. If we accept the premises that resources available to meet the costs of health care are finite, and that continuing to increase dollars allocated for health care expenses carries “opportunity costs“ for the nation and society, discuss your position on the following: As a national policy should we allocate a set level of resources and apply them to achieving “the greatest good for the greatest number” (necessarily leaving some out) OR should we adopt the individualist approach of “those who can pay get, those who can’t pay, don’t?”
  3. From the patient perspective, what might be some of the positive and negative aspects of “disease management programs?”
 
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Chapter 6 – Medical Education and the Changing Practice of Medicine 

Answer the following questions:

  1. The Flexner Report of 1910 is described by the authors as “an accurate and searing description of abuses in the medical schools.” Describe some of the major shortcomings of medical education cited by the Flexner report and the corrective measures that resulted.
  2. Academic medical centers were formed by the union of medical schools through affiliations with hospitals that provided clinical experience for medical students. These affiliations were later broadened into academic health centers. Describe the components of the academic health centers and their significance to the evolution of the university-based health professional education complex.
  3. The health care delivery system now with ACA mandates, places increased emphasis on maintaining wellness and on promoting disease avoidance through healthy behaviors and lifestyles. What are some challenges this new orientation poses for our existing system of medical education and training?
  4. In what ways did physicians’ relationships with hospitals change as a result of health care industry reforms? Discuss the consequences of these changes for physicians’ roles and responsibilities in relationship to hospitals.
  5. The dispute over exposing the comparative performance of physicians on a wide spectrum of variables has been resolved in favor of the consumers of health care with requirements such as “Physician Compare.”  A number of states have passed legislation that gives the public access to physician information, including disciplinary records, malpractice actions, and whether a physician has lost hospital privileges. Are these fair and balanced bases on which consumers should make decisions about their choice of physicians?
  6. Given the new role of hospitalists in patient care, identify some issues raised by this new brand of physician for the primary physician and patient.
 
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