Medicine and the market : equity v. choice / Daniel Callahan, Angela A. Wasunna.

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006.

x, 320 pages ; 24 cm

From Adam Smith to HMOs: the origins of medicine and the market -- A tale of two cultures: Canada and the United States -- The endurance of solidarity: universal health care in Western Europe and elsewhere -- The market in developing countries: an ongoing experiment -- The market wild card: pharmaceuticals -- The value of the market: what does the evidence show? -- The future of the market in health care: undercurrents from the past, riptides from the future.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [275]-310) and index.