Any conservative nursing journals?

pickledpepperRN · Jul 9, 2006

When (if) you find such an article whether from a nursing journal or other source please post it.

I am certainly not the only allnurses.com member who would be interested.

offskooring · Jul 10, 2006

www.lewrockwell.com has good articles on socialized medicine and socialism in general...but i am looking for nursing research journals

wjf00 · Jul 10, 2006

I am not a repub and I am noit a dem...i would be closer to libertarian...but that is beside the point. I was wondering if anyone knows if any nursing journals have done research on or even considered critiquing socialized medicine from a conservative perspective. Thanks to any who respond
adam

I tend to be liberal, but enjoy the other view point. I would read a journal with this viewpoint. If such a publication does not exist, I think it would be well recieved if someone started one.

offskooring · Jul 10, 2006

i watch a lot of free speach television and i am starting to see that big time liberals and big time libertarians are closer than repubs or neocons and libertarians...fstv is a bigtime liberal show and i find myself agreeing with it all the time...

Hellllllo Nurse, BSN, RN · Jul 10, 2006

i watch a lot of free speach television and i am starting to see that big time liberals and big time libertarians are closer than repubs or neocons and libertarians...fstv is a bigtime liberal show and i find myself agreeing with it all the time...

Same here.

Home Health Columnist / Guide · Jul 10, 2006

nursing and other health professions:

health affairs

health affairs, the number one cited health policy journal devoted to publishing original, peer-reviewed research and commentary.

content.healthaffairs.org/contents-by-date.0.shtml

has both viewpoints, info much more policy related than traditional

journals.

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i often cite info from kaiser network.

Long Term Care Columnist / Guide · Jul 10, 2006

What an interesting question! I hope somebody here has some answers, as universal healthcare is an interest of mine, BUT I don't want the government to run it. My ideas for expanding access to health services include taking the insurance companies out of the equation entirely---think how many people could be served if we got rid of the layers of administration, CEOs making millions of $$ a year, and bureaucracy involved in this patchwork we call a health care system and put all that money into one giant pool, managed by ONE entity.

On the other hand, there is nothing that the government can't make worse by jumping in and taking over. I'd like to see health care taken out of Federal hands entirely and given back to the states, with an independent board of directors for each one consisting of financial experts, doctors, nurses, and other health care professionals, along with ordinary citizens. This board would be accountable to the State, but not a part of it; it would administer the health care system, oversee licensing of health professionals, collect the funds (that would be paid into the system rather than to insurance companies), and make decisions about which treatments are of the most benefit to the most people. (Lest anyone accuse me of wanting to ration medical care, let me say this: It's ALREADY rationed---if you can't afford it, you don't get it.)

Anyone wanting more or better care could, of course, pay extra for it just like they do now; but everyone would have basic health needs met, such as routine checkups, necessary tests, medications, and any needed surgeries.

The catch here is that everyone would be required to pay something into the system. That's the only way to eliminate the enormous expense of treating uninsured and underinsured patients and keep costs within reason for everybody. I know it would be a hardship for some, and others would probably rather forgo health care, thinking they don't need it. But we already have mandatory auto insurance in most, if not all states, and very few people seem to have an issue with that requirement. Why should we not do the same with health care?

Besides, it seems to be a fact of human nature that that which costs one something is valued more highly than that which costs nothing. Oftentimes people who have unlimited access to health services, either through public assistance, labor unions, or civil service, tend to over-use those services just because they can; accordingly, when you actually have to pay for something, you may very well decide you can do without that designer drug, or take better care of yourself so you don't need as many medications in the first place.

These are just a few thoughts of mine that will probably never amount to anything........at least, not in my lifetime. Sorry for rambling.