Miscellany

Kenneth E. Thorpe

Does All-Payer Rate Setting Work? The Case of the New York Prospective Hospital Reimbursement Methodology
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 12(3): 391-408 (1987); DOI:10.1215/03616878-12-3-391 [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Mark S. Freeland, Sandra S. Hunt, and Harold S. Luft

Selective Contracting for Hospital Care Based on Volume, Quality, and Price: Prospects, Problems, and Unanswered Questions
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 12(3): 409-426 (1987); DOI:10.1215/03616878-12-3-409 [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Mark Schlesinger, Theodore R. Marmor, and Richard Smithey

Nonprofit and For-Profit Medical Care: Shifting Roles and Implications for Health Policy
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 12(3): 427-457 (1987); DOI:10.1215/03616878-12-3-427 [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

David G. Warren

News and Notes
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 12(3): 593-602 (1987); DOI:10.1215/03616878-12-3-593 [PDF]  

Contributors
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 12(3): 603-605 (1987); DOI:10.1215/03616878-12-3-603 [PDF]  

Special Section: Some Foreign Cases and Comparisons

Paul J. Godt

Confrontation, Consent, and Corporatism: State Strategies and the Medical Profession in France, Great Britain, and West Germany
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 12(3): 459-480 (1987); DOI:10.1215/03616878-12-3-459 [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

David Wilsford

The Cohesion and Fragmentation of Organized Medicine in France and the United States
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 12(3): 481-503 (1987); DOI:10.1215/03616878-12-3-481 [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Christa Altenstetter

An End to a Consensus on Health Care in the Federal Republic of Germany?
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 12(3): 505-536 (1987); DOI:10.1215/03616878-12-3-505 [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Harvey G. Simmons

Psychosurgery and the Abuse of Psychiatric Authority in Ontario
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 12(3): 537-550 (1987); DOI:10.1215/03616878-12-3-537 [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Joseph L. Scarpaci

HMO Promotion and the Privatization of Health Care in Chile
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 12(3): 551-567 (1987); DOI:10.1215/03616878-12-3-551 [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Books

   Review Essays

Beth Stevens

For-Profit Medicine
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 12(3): 569-576 (1987); DOI:10.1215/03616878-12-3-569 [PDF] [References]  

   Review Essay

R. Shep Melnick

Handicapped Policy
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 12(3): 577-582 (1987); DOI:10.1215/03616878-12-3-577 [PDF] [References]  

   Reviews

Richard A. Rettig

Inventing the NIH: Federal Biomedical Research Policy, 1887–1937
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 12(3): 582-584 (1987); DOI:10.1215/03616878-12-3-582 [PDF]  

Arnold J. Heidenheimer

Der Aufstieg der Artze im 19. Jahrhundert. Von gelehrten Stand zum professionelen Experten. Das Beispiel Preussens
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 12(3): 584-586 (1987); DOI:10.1215/03616878-12-3-584 [PDF]  

Jeremy Nobel

Is Prevention Better Than Cure?
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 12(3): 586-588 (1987); DOI:10.1215/03616878-12-3-586 [PDF]  

   Newly Received

Newly Received
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 12(3): 589-592 (1987); DOI:10.1215/03616878-12-3-589 [PDF]  

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