
Medical Necessity
Health Care Access and the Politics of Decision Making
By: Daniel Skinner
Paperback | 24 January 2019 | Edition Number 1
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The definition of medical necessity has morphed over the years, from a singular physician’s determination to a complex and dynamic political contest involving patients, medical companies, insurance companies, and government agencies. In this book, Daniel Skinner constructs a comprehensive understanding of the politics of defining this concept, arguing that sustained political engagement with medical necessity is essential to developing a health care system that meets basic public health objectives.
From medical marijuana to mental health to reproductive politics, the concept of medical necessity underscores many of the most divisive and contentious debates in American health care. Skinner’s close reading of medical necessity’s production illuminates the divides between perceptions of medical need as well as how the gatekeeper concept of medical necessity tends to frame medical objectives. He questions the wisdom of continuing to use medical necessity when thinking critically about vexing health care challenges, exploring the possibility that contracts, rights, and technology may resolve the contentious politics of medical necessity.
Skinner ultimately contends that a major shift is needed, one in which health care administrators, doctors, and patients admit that medical necessity is, at its base, a contestable political concept.
About the Author
Daniel Skinner is associate professor of health policy in the Department of Social Medicine at Ohio University's Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine.
Industry Reviews
"Medical Necessity brings high-level theoretical concepts to bear on the idea of necessity, showing that this uniquely important aspect of contemporary medical administration appears and recedes in relation to a set of actors-doctors, patients, insurance companies, paraprofessionals, and lawyers-who manage the classification of treatments and negotiate the technical aspects of 'need' within their domains."-Cindy Patton, editor of Rebirth of the Clinic: Places and Agents in Contemporary Health Care
ISBN: 9781517903770
ISBN-10: 1517903777
Series: Univocal
Published: 24th January 2019
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Number of Pages: 264
Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
Country of Publication: US
Edition Number: 1
Dimensions (cm): 21.6 x 14.0 x 3.8
Weight (kg): 0.32
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