Jeffrey M Lobosky
It's Enough to Make You Sick
The Failure of American Health Care and a Prescription for the Cure
Jeffrey M Lobosky
It's Enough to Make You Sick
The Failure of American Health Care and a Prescription for the Cure
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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.
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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.
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- Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
- Seitenzahl: 284
- Erscheinungstermin: 8. Dezember 2017
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 221mm x 145mm x 18mm
- Gewicht: 363g
- ISBN-13: 9780810895843
- ISBN-10: 0810895846
- Artikelnr.: 49443084
- Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
- Seitenzahl: 284
- Erscheinungstermin: 8. Dezember 2017
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 221mm x 145mm x 18mm
- Gewicht: 363g
- ISBN-13: 9780810895843
- ISBN-10: 0810895846
- Artikelnr.: 49443084
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.
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
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
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