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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Kamerow, Douglas B. (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Research Triangle Park, NC RTI Press/RTI International 2011
Research Triangle Park, NC : 2011.
Colección:RTI Press Publication
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Sumario: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.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (167 pages)