Edited by Arthur Lazarus. 427 pp. Washington, D.C., American Psychiatric Press, 1996. $58.50. ISBN 0-88048-115-3.
There seems to be no aspect of [psychiatric] practice more fraughtwith rancor and contentiousness than that of managed care,"states Arthur Lazarus in the afterword to this book. As theeditor, Lazarus poses critical questions on the relation betweenpsychiatric practice and managed care as the titles of eachchapter. There is little rancor or contentiousness in the book,nor even much controversy. Instead, most of the chapters provideexcellent guidelines — almost a "guide to the perplexed,"one might say — for psychiatrists working in managed-caresystems or planning to join one. Many of the book's sectionscould . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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