Money-Driven Medicine: The Real Reason Health Care Costs So Much
by Maggie Mahar
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An analysis of the health care industry describes the impact of market-driven health care on modern medicine, examining the waste in the system, the use of unnecessary tests and unwanted end-of-life treatments, and the emphasis on profits.Tags
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This is essential reading if you ever expect to see a doctor or visit a hospital. The business of medicine pushes the hippocratic oath into a dark corner more frequently than you might imagine.
You should also read the excellent Overdiagnosed: Making People Sick in the Pursuit of Health by H. Gilbert Welch.
Think of these two books as a self preservation kit.
You should also read the excellent Overdiagnosed: Making People Sick in the Pursuit of Health by H. Gilbert Welch.
Think of these two books as a self preservation kit.
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Before becoming a financial journalist, Maggie Mahar was an English professor at Yale University, teaching 19th- and 20th-century poetry and prose. In 1982, she began covering financial markets, freelancing for Money magazine, Institutional Investor, and The New York Times, before joining Barron's as a senior writer in 1986
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- Genres
- Economics, Nonfiction, General Nonfiction, Politics and Government, Business
- DDC/MDS
- 338.4 — Society, Government, and Culture Economics Production Secondary industries and services
- LCC
- RA410 .M34 — Medicine Public aspects of medicine Public aspects of medicine Medicine and the state Medical economics. Economics of medical care.
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- English
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