Joseph Q. Jarvis

The Purple World

Healing the Harm in American Health Care

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Produktbeschreibung

You get what you pay for, right? Not when it comes to health care in America. We pay twice as much as any other developed nation for health care, yet we have the worst health of them all. If the safety record of American hospitals were transposed onto the airline industry, a fully loaded 747 would crash every other week! And while we pay the highest taxes for health care in the world, tens of thousands of Americans die each year from treatable illness merely because they can't afford medical care. How did we reach this shameful state? You'll be shocked to find out not only who's to blame, but more importantly, how easy the solution can be. In this riveting book, Dr. Joseph Jarvis, MD, examines how our nation's focus has radically shifted from the disease to the dollar-drastically harming Americans in the process. With unforgettable stories drawn from Dr. Jarvis's thirty-plus years in the medical profession, he gets you thinking about health-care reform in a big way (you'll never get over the drunk miner who spent the night dipping a dead, rabid bat into every bar patron's drink!). And through other captivating examples, from brothels to nursing homes, he shows how poorly the average American understands how to make safe health-care choices in the so-called medical marketplace and how poorly politicians serve as arbiters of what good health policy should be. Most importantly, this book can finally make a difference: instead of simply pointing fingers and wailing about the outrages, Dr. Jarvis offers a workable solution that can be quickly implemented by each state. Before you finish this book, you'll get a compelling look at how politicians can offer real solutions and how the American electorate can finally do the right thing in health-system reform: protect our families, our country, and our future.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Scrivener Books
• Seitenzahl: 196
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. September 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 293g
• ISBN-13: 9780998625485
• ISBN-10: 0998625485
• Artikelnr.: 54414021

Autorenporträt

Joseph Q. Jarvis, MD, MSPH has practiced family medicine and organized public health services for over thirty-five years. His spouse of nearly five decades, Annette W. Jarvis, is an internationally recognized business bankruptcy attorney. Together they have five children and nine grandchildren.Dr. Jarvis is the author of three other books-The Purple World: Healing the Harm in American Health Care, What the Single Eye Sees: Faith, Hope, Charity, and the Pursuit of Discipleship, and The Hope of the Promise: Israel in Ancient and Latter Days. He is the executive producer of Healing Us, a documentary film by director Kenny Ballentine about the awful state of business as usual in American health care and how everyday Americans can change it all for the better. Dr. Jarvis is also helping to organize a national political action committee-the American Health Security Project-to support health system reform everywhere across the country and leading a Utah group-Common Sense Health Care for Utah--which intends to make real change in health care delivery in the Beehive State through a ballot initiative.When not busy with publishing, writing, leading health system reform, or spending time with family, Dr. Jarvis leads tours in Europe and Israel with his travel company, Mo Joe Travel. Dr. Jarvis is also the owner of Principle Print & Media, a company dedicated to producing inspirational and educational content that will make a difference in the world.Find out more about Dr. Jarvis and sign up for his newsletter at josephqjarvis.com!