It's enough to make you sick : the failure of American health care and a prescription for the cure / Jeffrey M. Lobosky.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lobosky, Jeffrey M., 1951-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medical care--United States.

Medical care.

Health care reform--United States.

Health care reform.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (261 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Great, another book on America's health care system. Don't you have better things to do doctor, like play golf?

Health care in America : the best that money can buy? Oh really?

Insuring America's health : a lesson in mis-managed care

The U.S. pharmaceutical industry : providing the right pill for whatever ails you and the wrong pill for whatever doesn't

The politics of American medicine : show me the money and i'll show you the problem

America's hospitals : havens of mercy or dens of thieves?

America's physicians : oops I'm sorry, I mean health care providers

Physician reimbursement : you can't always get what you want but if you try sometime you might find you don't even get what you need

Pretty in pink : the influence of women on America's medical "man" power

The medical malpractice crisis : how many lawyers does it take to chase an ambulance?

America's emergency rooms : take two aspirins and call 911 in the morning

The great American patient : you didn't really think I would let you off that easily, did you?

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781442214644

1442214643