Dissecting American Health Care Commentaries on Health, Policy, and Politics

The intersection of health care, politics, and policy is a controversial one, and this book of lively essays takes on many of today’s hot health topics: alternative medicine, health care reform, screening mammograms, taxes to change behavior, gun control, and many more. Former Assistant Surgeon Gene...

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Main Author: Kamerow, Douglas B. (-)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Research Triangle Park, NC RTI Press/RTI International 2011
Research Triangle Park, NC : 2011.
Series:RTI Press Publication
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See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009428791806719
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Summary:The intersection of health care, politics, and policy is a controversial one, and this book of lively essays takes on many of today’s hot health topics: alternative medicine, health care reform, screening mammograms, taxes to change behavior, gun control, and many more. Former Assistant Surgeon General Douglas Kamerow, a family doctor, journal editor, and NPR commentator, combines evidence, opinion, and humor in 47 essays from his health policy columns in the medical journal <em>BMJ</em> and his nationally broadcast radio commentaries.
Physical Description:1 online resource (167 pages)