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Getting what we deserve : health and medical care in America / Alfred Sommer.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sommer, Alfred, 1942-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Public health--United States.
- Public health.
- Health.
- Medical policy--United States.
- Medical policy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (150 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Humorous, sometimes acerbic, and always well informed, Sommer's thought-provoking book will change the way you look at health care in America.
- Contents:
- Genesis : from few to many-in fits and starts
- Disease is the sum of all evils
- Genes : sometimes "destiny," sometimes not
- The complex nature of causality
- The consequences of our own behavior
- Choosing the healthier lifestyle
- From science to policy : the path is anything but linear
- The U.S. health care system
- Who's healthy? Who's not? Why?.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 123-125) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-8018-9860-9
- OCLC:
- 647917330
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