Drinkers, Drivers, and Bartenders: Balancing Private Choices and Public Accountability [Paperback]

Frank A. Sloan (Author), Emily M. Stout (Author), Kathryn Whetten-Goldstein (Author), Lan Liang (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 27, 2000 | ISBN-10: 0226762815 | ISBN-13: 978-0226762814 | Edition: 1

According to the United States Public Health Service, over 100,000 deaths a year are attributable to alcohol, including 20,000 highway fatalities. In response, legislatures have enacted various forms of regulation intended both to reduce alcohol consumption and to curb its harmful effects. This groundbreaking study focuses on one such form of regulation, the liability imposed on alcohol servers and social hosts by tort law. Basing their analysis on important new data from their extensive research and in-depth interviews with actors on all sides of the issue, the authors conclude that, despite their relative unpopularity, tort laws are very effective in reducing accidents—even more than criminal sanctions.

Extraordinary in scope and exacting in detail, Drinkers, Drivers, and Bartenders: Balancing Private Choices and Public Accountability links alcohol problems, deterrence, and serving practices in a way no other work has been able to do and is certain to become a crucial reference point for researchers and policymakers alike.

Product Details

• Paperback: 308 pages
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press; 1 edition (June 27, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0226762815
• ISBN-13: 978-0226762814
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,300,737 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Frank Sloan is the J. Alexander McMahon Professor of Health Policy and Management and Professor of Economics at Duke University since 1993. He is the former Director of the Center for Health Policy, Law and Management at Duke (CHPLM) that originated in 1998. He holds faculty appointments in five departments at Duke, with Economics being his primary appointment. He did his undergraduate work at Oberlin College and received his Ph.D. in economics from Harvard University.

Before joining the faculty at Duke in July 1993, he was a research economist at the Rand Corporation and served on the faculties of the University of Florida and Vanderbilt University. He was Chair of the Department of Economics at Vanderbilt from 1986-89. His current research interests include alcohol use and smoking prevention, long-term care, medical malpractice, and cost-effectiveness analyses of medical technologies. He also has a long-standing interest in hospitals, including regulation of hospitals, health care financing, and health manpower.

Frank has served on several national advisory public and private groups. He is currently the chair of the Institute of Medicine Committee investigating adjustment factors in Medicare payments. He was formally a member of the Physician Payment Review Commission. He is the author of about 300 journal articles and book chapters and has coauthored and coedited about 20 books.
Professor Sloan is the president elect for the American Society of Health Economists.