Alcohol and Alcoholism Vol. 38, No. 1, pp. 95-96, 2003
© 2003 Medical Council on Alcohol
BOOK REVIEW
Recent Developments in Alcoholism Vol. 15. Services Research in the Era of Managed Care.
Edited by Marc Gallanter. Kluwer Academic/Plenham Publishers, New York. 2001, 465pp., £105.75. ISBN: 0-306-46441-1.
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This is the 15th volume in a series which has a well-established reputation for providing authoritative and up to date information about alcohol and alcohol misuse.
During the past 10 years managed care has transformed the character of treatment for individuals in the USA. Many believe this has rationed and constrained treatment to the detriment of patients, while others contend that it has simply brought about overdue rationalization, rather than rationing. The American Society of Addiction Medicine, of which