Dissecting American health care Commentaries on health, policy, and politics
The intersection of health care, politics, and policy is a controversial one, and this book of lively essays takes on many of today's hot health topics: alternative medicine, health care reform, screening mammograms, taxes to change behavior, gun control, and many more. Former Assistant Surgeon...
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| Format: | Electronic Book Chapter |
| Language: | English |
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Research Triangle Park, NC
RTI Press/RTI International
2011
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| Series: | RTI Press Publication
BK-0008-1109 |
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| Summary: | The intersection of health care, politics, and policy is a controversial one, and this book of lively essays takes on many of today's hot health topics: alternative medicine, health care reform, screening mammograms, taxes to change behavior, gun control, and many more. Former Assistant Surgeon General Douglas Kamerow, a family doctor, journal editor, and NPR commentator, combines evidence, opinion, and humor in 47 essays from his health policy columns in the medical journal <em>BMJ</em> and his nationally broadcast radio commentaries. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 electronic resource (168 p.) |
| ISBN: | rtipress.2011.bk.0008.1109 9781934831069 |
| Access: | Open Access |