Part I TRADITIONAL CARE: HOSPITALS AND HEALTH CARE IN THE UNITED STATES
Chapter 1 Hospitals and Spiraling Healthcare Costs
Chapter 2 The Physician’s Office: Both a Primary Care Provider and the Gatekeeper for Other Types of Health Care
Chapter 3 Urgent Care Centers: “The Doc in the Box”
Chapter 4 The Virtual Doctor’s Office
Part II DIAGNOSING: NEW METHODS AND FACILITIES
Chapter 5 Pharmacies and Home Testing Devices
Chapter 6 Outpatient Laboratories
Chapter 7 Outpatient Imaging Centers and Services
Part III ACUTE CARE TREATMENT OPTIONS (PRESENTED ALPHABETICALLY)
Chapter 9 Chiropractic and Podiatry Care
Chapter 10 Dentistry
Chapter 11 Dermatology
Chapter 12 Hearing and Speaking: Audiology and Speech Pathology
Chapter 13 In Vitro Fertilization as a Form of Assisted Reproductive Technology
Chapter 14 Optometry, Dispensing Optometrists, and Ophthalmology . . . or, “The Eyes Have It”
Chapter 15 Outpatient Surgery Centers
Chapter 16 Pain Management
Chapter 17 Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine
Chapter 18 Psychology, Psychiatry, and Alternative Forms of Psychotherapy
Chapter 19 Protecting the Public’s Health: Efforts at Every Level
Chapter 20 Sleep Disorders
Chapter 21 Travel Medicine
Chapter 22 Weight Loss
Chapter 23 Wellness Centers
Part IV CHRONIC CARE
Chapter 24 Dialysis
Chapter 25 Home Health Care
Chapter 26 HIV and AIDS Clinics
Chapter 27 Oncology Centers
Chapter 28 Long-Term Acute Care
Chapter 29 Adult Day Care
Chapter 30 Geriatric Assessment Clinics and Rheumatology
Chapter 31 Long-Term Care
Chapter 32 Hospice and Palliative Care
Appendix A Glossary
Appendix B Outside the Hospital: Useful URLs
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