It's Enough to Make You Sick explains how the American health care system developed and how it has deteriorated into a national disgrace. Lobosky indicts the special interests who have played a role in the demise of American health care, examines the current attempts at reform, and offers a practical, compassionate blueprint for effective change.
It's Enough to Make You Sick explains how the American health care system developed and how it has deteriorated into a national disgrace. Lobosky indicts the special interests who have played a role in the demise of American health care, examines the current attempts at reform, and offers a practical, compassionate blueprint for effective change.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Jeffrey M. Lobosky, M.D., is Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Neurological Surgery at the University of California San Francisco and is Co-Director of the Neurotrauma Intensive Care Unit at Enloe Medical Center in Chico, California. He has served on the Board of Directors for the Joint Section on Trauma and Critical Care for the American Association of Neurological Surgeons and the Congress of Neurological Surgeons. He was also appointed one of organized neurosurgery's representatives to the American College of Surgeon's Committee on Trauma which advises national policy makers on health care issues. Dr. Lobosky has served as Chairman of the Board of the "Think First" National Injury Prevention Foundation and has received both national and international acclaim for his work on injury prevention. He is the author of numerous research articles in respected journals as well as several book chapters addressing the health care crisis in America. He is the recipient of numerous awards for his contributions to the field of trauma prevention and is an invited lecturer throughout the United States and abroad.
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Prologue 1: Great, Another Book on America's Health Care System. Don't You Have Better Things to Do, Doctor . . . Like Play Golf? 2: Health Care in America: The Best That Money Can Buy . . . Oh, Really? 3: Insuring America's Health: A Lesson in "Mis"Managed Care 4: The U.S. Pharmaceutical Industry: Providing the Right Pill for Whatever Ails You and the Wrong Pill for Whatever Doesn't 5: The Politics of American Medicine: Show Me the Money and I'll Show You the Problem 6: America's Hospitals: Havens of Mercy or Dens of Thieves? 7: America's Physicians: Oops, Sorry, I Mean Health Care "Providers" 8: Physician Reimbursement: You Can't Always Get What You Want, but if You Try Sometimes You Might Find You Don't Even Get What You Need 9: Pretty in Pink: The Influence of Women on America's Medical "Man"power 10: The Medical Malpractice Crisis: How Many Lawyers Does It Take to Chase an Ambulance? 11: Crisis in America's Emergency Rooms: Take Two Aspirin and Call 911 in the Morning 12: The Great American Patient: You Didn't Really Think I Would Let You Off That Easily, Did You? 13: Solutions to the American Health Care Crisis: My Wife Has Always Accused Me of Being a "Know-It-All," So Here's My Chance to Prove It Epilogue Acknowledgments Notes Index About the Author
Prologue 1: Great, Another Book on America's Health Care System. Don't You Have Better Things to Do, Doctor . . . Like Play Golf? 2: Health Care in America: The Best That Money Can Buy . . . Oh, Really? 3: Insuring America's Health: A Lesson in "Mis"Managed Care 4: The U.S. Pharmaceutical Industry: Providing the Right Pill for Whatever Ails You and the Wrong Pill for Whatever Doesn't 5: The Politics of American Medicine: Show Me the Money and I'll Show You the Problem 6: America's Hospitals: Havens of Mercy or Dens of Thieves? 7: America's Physicians: Oops, Sorry, I Mean Health Care "Providers" 8: Physician Reimbursement: You Can't Always Get What You Want, but if You Try Sometimes You Might Find You Don't Even Get What You Need 9: Pretty in Pink: The Influence of Women on America's Medical "Man"power 10: The Medical Malpractice Crisis: How Many Lawyers Does It Take to Chase an Ambulance? 11: Crisis in America's Emergency Rooms: Take Two Aspirin and Call 911 in the Morning 12: The Great American Patient: You Didn't Really Think I Would Let You Off That Easily, Did You? 13: Solutions to the American Health Care Crisis: My Wife Has Always Accused Me of Being a "Know-It-All," So Here's My Chance to Prove It Epilogue Acknowledgments Notes Index About the Author
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