Let's Make a Deal
- 29 October 1992
- journal article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 327 (18), 1312-1315
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199210293271813
Abstract
Many have proposed blueprints for a new U.S. health care system, but few have focused on the process of designing a house we all can live in. Perhaps because we physicians are both providers and potential patients, we have as large a stake as anyone in the final design. Because others foot most of the bills, however, we will not get exactly what we want. In this commentary, the current struggle for reform is viewed as a negotiation, despite the lack of an obvious negotiating table and clearly identified negotiators. We draw on recent work in conflict resolution to propose . . .Keywords
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