Determining “Medical Necessity” in Mental Health Practice

Hastings Center Report

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 1994, Pages 5-13

  Sabin, James E ^a   Daniels, Norman ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MARITAL PARTNER; NORMALITY; SUFFERING; SURVEY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CASE REPORT; CASE STUDIES; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; ECONOMICS; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; FEMALE; GROUP THERAPY; HARVARD COMMUNITY HEALTH PLAN; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INSURANCE; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MENTAL HEALTH THERAPIES; MENTAL PATIENT; OBLIGATIONS OF SOCIETY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SELF INDUCED ILLNESS; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STANDARDS; TEMPERAMENT; UNITED STATES;

BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CASE STUDIES; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; GROUP THERAPY; HARVARD COMMUNITY HEALTH PLAN; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; MARITAL RELATIONSHIP; MENTAL HEALTH THERAPIES; MENTALLY ILL; NORMALITY; OBLIGATIONS OF SOCIETY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SELF INDUCED ILLNESS; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STANDARDS; SUFFERING; SURVEY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CHILD; ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; INSURANCE, PSYCHIATRIC; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MENTALLY ILL PERSONS; MIDDLE AGE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TEMPERAMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0028537106     PISSN: 00930334     EISSN: 1552146X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3563458     Document Type: Article

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