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Jack Elinson, Rashi Fein, Robert J. Haggerty, Arthur E. Hess, Charles E. Lewis, David Mechanic, and
Cecil G. Sheps. Report of the Evaluation Group to the Senate of the Commonwealth of Puerto
Rico on the Development of a Universal Health System and Steps for the Improvement of Health
Services, Madison: Center for Medical Sociology and Health Services Research, University of
Wisconsin, 1976.
Mechanic, David, and Sol Levine. Issues in Promoting Health: Committee Reports of the Medical
Sociology Section of the American Sociological Association, supplement to Medical Care, 15
(May, 1977).
Mechanic, David. "Ethical Problems in the Delivery of Health Services: A report to the National
Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research," in
Appendix to Ethical Guidelines for the Delivery of Health Services by DHEW, by The National
Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research, U. S.
Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, DHEW Publication No. (OS) 78-0011,
Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1978, pp. I and 1-41.
Mechanic, David and Ronald Angel. Psychiatric Need and Help-Seeking Processes: Needed Research
with Special Reference to Disadvantaged Groups, prepared for the review of Behavioral Science
Research, National Institute of Mental Health, ADAMHA, 1982.
Mechanic, David. Some Notes on Possible Foundation Initiatives in the Care of the Mentally Ill, prepared
for the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, 1984.
Mechanic, David. Biennial Report to the Congress, 1986, prepared for the National Advisory Council on
Aging (Coordinator and major author).
Mechanic, David. The Doctor-Patient Relationship: Traditions, Transitions and Tensions, prepared for the
National Leadership Commission on Health Care, Washington, DC, December 9, 1986.
Mechanic, David. Sociology of Mental Health, prepared for the National Institute of Mental Health,
Research Task Force, 1972.
Mechanic, David and Richard Tessler. Comparison of Consumer Response to Prepaid Group Practice and
Alternative Insurance Plans in Milwaukee County: A Preliminary Report, Publication 5-73,
Research and Analytic Report Series, Center for Medical Sociology and Health Services Research
University of Wisconsin, Madison.
Mechanic, David. The Effects of Personal Orientations and Practice Contexts on the Behavior of the
Primary Care Physician: A Tentative Model of Physician Behavior, paper presented at the
Colloquium on the Career Development of Physicians, Association of American Medical Colleges,
June, 1974. (Publication 10-74, Research and Analytic Report Series, Center for Medical
Sociology and Health Services Research, University of Wisconsin, Madison.)
Mechanic, David. Notes on Structural and Cultural Characteristics Affecting the Selection of Alternatives
for Tension Reduction in Modern Societies. Publication 5-78, Research and Analytic Report
Series, Center for Medical Sociology and Health Services Research, University of Wisconsin,
Madison, 1978.
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