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Catastrophic Care
How American Health Care Killed My Father--and How We Can Fix It
Written by David Goldhill
Format: Hardcover, 384 pages
On Sale: January 8, 2013
Price: $25.95
How American Health Care Killed My Father--and How We Can Fix It
Written by David Goldhill
Format: Hardcover, 384 pages
On Sale: January 8, 2013
Price: $25.95
A visionary investigation that will change the way we think about health care: how and why it is failing, why expanding coverage will actually make things worse, and how our health care can be transformed into a transparent, affordable, successful system.
In 2007, David Goldhill’s father died from infections acquired in a...
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Catastrophic Care
How American Health Care Killed My Father--and How We Can Fix It
Written by David Goldhill
Format: eBook, 384 pages
On Sale: January 8, 2013
Price: $13.99
How American Health Care Killed My Father--and How We Can Fix It
Written by David Goldhill
Format: eBook, 384 pages
On Sale: January 8, 2013
Price: $13.99
A visionary investigation that will change the way we think about health care: how and why it is failing, why expanding coverage will actually make things worse, and how our health care can be transformed into a transparent, affordable, successful system.
In 2007, David Goldhill’s father died from infections acquired in a...
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Catastrophic Care
How American Health Care Killed My Father--and How We Can Fix It
Written by David Goldhill
Read by Dean Sluyter
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: January 8, 2013
Price: $22.50
How American Health Care Killed My Father--and How We Can Fix It
Written by David Goldhill
Read by Dean Sluyter
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: January 8, 2013
Price: $22.50
A visionary investigation that will change the way we think about health care: how and why it is failing, why expanding coverage will actually make things worse, and how our health care can be transformed into a transparent, affordable, successful system.
In 2007, David Goldhill’s father died from infections acquired in a...
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Overdiagnosed
Making People Sick in the Pursuit of Health
Written by H. Gilbert Welch, Lisa Schwartz and Steve Woloshin
Format: Trade Paperback, 248 pages
On Sale: January 3, 2012
Price: $15.00
Making People Sick in the Pursuit of Health
Written by H. Gilbert Welch, Lisa Schwartz and Steve Woloshin
Format: Trade Paperback, 248 pages
On Sale: January 3, 2012
Price: $15.00
A complex web of factors has created the phenomenon of overdiagnosis: the popular media promotes fear of disease and perpetuates the myth that early, aggressive treatment is always best; in an attempt to avoid lawsuits, doctors have begun to leave no test undone, no abnormality overlooked; and profits are being made...
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Power, Politics, and Universal Health Care
The Inside Story of a Century-Long Battle
Written by Stuart Altman
Format: eBook
On Sale: September 27, 2011
Price: $11.99
Why was the Obama health plan so controversial and difficult to understand? In this readable, entertaining, and substantive book, Stuart Altman—inter-nationally recognized expert in health policy and adviser to five US presidents—and fellow health care specialist David Shactman explain not only the Obama health plan but also many of the intriguing... Read more >
The Inside Story of a Century-Long Battle
Written by Stuart Altman
Format: eBook
On Sale: September 27, 2011
Price: $11.99
Why was the Obama health plan so controversial and difficult to understand? In this readable, entertaining, and substantive book, Stuart Altman—inter-nationally recognized expert in health policy and adviser to five US presidents—and fellow health care specialist David Shactman explain not only the Obama health plan but also many of the intriguing... Read more >
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Power, Politics, and Universal Health Care
The Inside Story of a Century-Long Battle
Written by Stuart Altman
Format: Hardcover, 429 pages
On Sale: September 20, 2011
Price: $26.00
Why was the Obama health plan so controversial and difficult to understand? In this readable, entertaining, and substantive book, Stuart Altman—inter-nationally recognized expert in health policy and adviser to five US presidents—and fellow health care specialist David Shactman explain not only the Obama health plan but also many of the intriguing... Read more >
The Inside Story of a Century-Long Battle
Written by Stuart Altman
Format: Hardcover, 429 pages
On Sale: September 20, 2011
Price: $26.00
Why was the Obama health plan so controversial and difficult to understand? In this readable, entertaining, and substantive book, Stuart Altman—inter-nationally recognized expert in health policy and adviser to five US presidents—and fellow health care specialist David Shactman explain not only the Obama health plan but also many of the intriguing... Read more >
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eBook.
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Profit Is Not the Cure
A Citizen's Guide to Saving Medicare
Written by Maude Barlow
Format: eBook
On Sale: February 18, 2011
Price: $9.99
On July 12, 1966, the Medical Care Insurance Act was passed by the federal House of Commons after a ferocious public debate that pitted the vast majority of Canadians against a powerful alliance of business, insurance companies, and doctors.
More than thirty years later, the same battle is being fought all over... Read more >
A Citizen's Guide to Saving Medicare
Written by Maude Barlow
Format: eBook
On Sale: February 18, 2011
Price: $9.99
On July 12, 1966, the Medical Care Insurance Act was passed by the federal House of Commons after a ferocious public debate that pitted the vast majority of Canadians against a powerful alliance of business, insurance companies, and doctors.
More than thirty years later, the same battle is being fought all over... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Dispatches from the Abortion Wars
The Costs of Fanaticism to Doctors, Patients, and the Rest of Us
Written by Carole Joffe
Format: Hardcover, 208 pages
On Sale: January 1, 2010
Price: $27.95
Surprising firsthand accounts from the front lines of abortion provision reveal the persistent cultural, political, and economic hurdles to access
More than thirty-five years after women won the right to legal abortion, most people do not realize how inaccessible it has become. In these pages, reproductive-health researcher Carole Joffe shows how... Read more >
The Costs of Fanaticism to Doctors, Patients, and the Rest of Us
Written by Carole Joffe
Format: Hardcover, 208 pages
On Sale: January 1, 2010
Price: $27.95
Surprising firsthand accounts from the front lines of abortion provision reveal the persistent cultural, political, and economic hurdles to access
More than thirty-five years after women won the right to legal abortion, most people do not realize how inaccessible it has become. In these pages, reproductive-health researcher Carole Joffe shows how... Read more >
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eBook and a
trade paperback.
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Powerful Medicines
The Benefits, Risks, and Costs of Prescription Drugs
Written by Jerry Avorn, M.D.
Format: eBook, 480 pages
On Sale: December 10, 2008
Price: $13.99
If you believe that the latest blockbuster medication is worth a premium price over your generic brand, or that doctors have access to all the information they need about a drug’s safety and effectiveness each time they write a prescription, Dr. Jerry Avorn has some sobering news. Drawing on more than... Read more >
The Benefits, Risks, and Costs of Prescription Drugs
Written by Jerry Avorn, M.D.
Format: eBook, 480 pages
On Sale: December 10, 2008
Price: $13.99
If you believe that the latest blockbuster medication is worth a premium price over your generic brand, or that doctors have access to all the information they need about a drug’s safety and effectiveness each time they write a prescription, Dr. Jerry Avorn has some sobering news. Drawing on more than... Read more >
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hardcover and a
trade paperback.
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Biomedical Ethics
Humanist Perspectives of Humanism Today
Written by Howard B. Radest
Format: Hardcover, 236 pages
On Sale: October 30, 2006
Price: $30.99
Biomedical ethics raises a host of humanistic issues. Among these are human dignity, personal autonomy, quality of life, and access to care for all. Now, more than ever, scientific discoveries and medical technologies prompt us to rethink older perspectives. Humanists have an unprecedented opportunity to shape the moral agenda of the... Read more >
Humanist Perspectives of Humanism Today
Written by Howard B. Radest
Format: Hardcover, 236 pages
On Sale: October 30, 2006
Price: $30.99
Biomedical ethics raises a host of humanistic issues. Among these are human dignity, personal autonomy, quality of life, and access to care for all. Now, more than ever, scientific discoveries and medical technologies prompt us to rethink older perspectives. Humanists have an unprecedented opportunity to shape the moral agenda of the... Read more >
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Trust is Not Enough
Bringing Human Rights to Medicine
Written by David J. Rothman and Sheila M. Rothman
Format: Hardcover, 240 pages
On Sale: June 6, 2006
Price: $24.95
Addresses the issues at the heart of international medicine and social responsibility.
During the last half-century many international declarations have proclaimed health care to be a fundamental human right. But high aspirations repeatedly confront harsh realities, in societies both rich and poor. To illustrate this disparity, David and Sheila Rothman bring together... Read more >
Bringing Human Rights to Medicine
Written by David J. Rothman and Sheila M. Rothman
Format: Hardcover, 240 pages
On Sale: June 6, 2006
Price: $24.95
Addresses the issues at the heart of international medicine and social responsibility.
During the last half-century many international declarations have proclaimed health care to be a fundamental human right. But high aspirations repeatedly confront harsh realities, in societies both rich and poor. To illustrate this disparity, David and Sheila Rothman bring together... Read more >
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Powerful Medicines
The Benefits, Risks, and Costs of Prescription Drugs
Written by Jerry Avorn, M.D.
Format: Trade Paperback, 480 pages
On Sale: August 9, 2005
Price: $15.95
If you believe that the latest blockbuster medication is worth a premium price over your generic brand, or that doctors have access to all the information they need about a drug’s safety and effectiveness each time they write a prescription, Dr. Jerry Avorn has some sobering news. Drawing on more than... Read more >
The Benefits, Risks, and Costs of Prescription Drugs
Written by Jerry Avorn, M.D.
Format: Trade Paperback, 480 pages
On Sale: August 9, 2005
Price: $15.95
If you believe that the latest blockbuster medication is worth a premium price over your generic brand, or that doctors have access to all the information they need about a drug’s safety and effectiveness each time they write a prescription, Dr. Jerry Avorn has some sobering news. Drawing on more than... Read more >
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Powerful Medicines
The Benefits, Risks, and Costs of Prescription Drugs
Written by Jerry Avorn, M.D.
Format: Hardcover, 464 pages
On Sale: August 17, 2004
Price: $27.50
If you believe that the latest blockbuster medication is worth a premium price over your generic brand, or that doctors have access to all the information they need about a drug’s safety and effectiveness each time they write a prescription, Dr. Jerry Avorn has some sobering news. Drawing on more than... Read more >
The Benefits, Risks, and Costs of Prescription Drugs
Written by Jerry Avorn, M.D.
Format: Hardcover, 464 pages
On Sale: August 17, 2004
Price: $27.50
If you believe that the latest blockbuster medication is worth a premium price over your generic brand, or that doctors have access to all the information they need about a drug’s safety and effectiveness each time they write a prescription, Dr. Jerry Avorn has some sobering news. Drawing on more than... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook and a
trade paperback.
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Profit Is Not the Cure
A Citizen's Guide to Saving Medicare
Written by Maude Barlow
Format: Trade Paperback, 296 pages
On Sale: October 7, 2003
Price: $13.95
On July 12, 1966, the Medical Care Insurance Act was passed by the federal House of Commons after a ferocious public debate that pitted the vast majority of Canadians against a powerful alliance of business, insurance companies, and doctors.
More than thirty years later, the same battle is being fought all over... Read more >
A Citizen's Guide to Saving Medicare
Written by Maude Barlow
Format: Trade Paperback, 296 pages
On Sale: October 7, 2003
Price: $13.95
On July 12, 1966, the Medical Care Insurance Act was passed by the federal House of Commons after a ferocious public debate that pitted the vast majority of Canadians against a powerful alliance of business, insurance companies, and doctors.
More than thirty years later, the same battle is being fought all over... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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