Misunderstanding health : making sense of America's broken health care system / Rohit Khanna.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Khanna, Rohit, 1968- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medical care--United States--History.

Medical care.

Delivery of Health Care.

Health Policy.

Social Determinants of Health.

Health Behavior.

History.

United States.

Medical Subjects:

Delivery of Health Care.

Health Policy.

Social Determinants of Health.

Health Behavior.

United States.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

220 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm

Other Title:

Understanding health

Place of Publication:

Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2021.

Summary:

"Through a series of short, engaging chapters, the author gives readers a realistic view of American health care and introduces many public health concepts. The author describes the social determinants of health, how health policy is shaped, and why we engage in unhealthy behaviors despite knowing that they're bad for us"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

All the King's Men

Heads I Win, Tails You Lose

The UnHappiness Project

Customer Satisfaction

I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For

The Rating Game

The Mother of All Nudges

Your Health Is about More Than Just Your Health

Needle in a Haystack

Ghost in the Machine

The Eye of the Storm

Homesick

Reefer Madness

Customer Appreciation

Under the Influence

Data Dump

Catch Me if You Can

Let Freedom Ring

What Does It All Mean?

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

9781421442099

1421442094

OCLC:

1233165349

Publisher Number:

99988597381