Targeting the root cause of public discontent with the quality of care
given by hospitals, nursing homes, mental institutions, and home health
care agencies, Nancy Fox opens fire on those aspects of the system that
waste time, money, and sometimes lives. For Ms. Fox, drastic changes are
needed in American health care delivery. She urges that we humanize the
system by putting the patient first, a conclusion she reached by
researching institutions in over forty states, Canada, and China.
The issues covered and the topics discussed include euthanasia, home
health care, nursing home facilities and treatment, health care quality
control, human dignity and sexuality in an institutional setting,
individual isolation, medical malpractice, mental illness, and patient
neglect.
Each chapter addresses vital issues of increasing concern to both
professionals in the field and health care consumers everywhere. The
depth and intensity with which she assesses today's health care
establishment will guarantee Nancy Fox a well-deserved place of honor in
the history of patient advocacy.
