Social Justice and Healthcare

Dr. William O’Donohue is a licensed clinical psychologist and professor of clinical psychology at the University of Nevada, Reno. He obtained his B.S. in Psychology from University of Urbana-Champaign and his M.A. and Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from SUNY at Stony Brook. Dr. O’Donohue’s research focuses on quality in mental health service delivery, integrated care, human sexuality, forensic psychology, cognitive behavioral therapy, and philosophy of psychology. For the last three decades, he has directed a free psychological treatment center for sexual assault victims. He has served on the American Psychiatric Association’s advisory committee to revise the diagnosis of pedophilia for the DSM5, and he has published more than 10 books with Elsevier, including Handbook of Cultural Competence in Applied Psychology and Forensic Interviews Regarding Child Sexual Abuse.

• Part I. Political Philosophers1. Introduction: Social and Economic Justice and the Healthcare Profession2. Critical Thought and Progress on Problems of Political and Economic Justice3. Political Philosophers3.1 The American Founders3.2 Socialism3.3 Evolutionary PsychologyPart II. Healthcare Justice and Health Economists4. Background: A Primer of Basic Economics5. Background: A Primer of Healthcare Economics6. The Importance of Healthcare Economics for Providers7. What is Managed Care?8. What is the Affordable Care Act?9. Medical Errors10. Healthcare Economic Justice Theorists

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