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Author:

Magee, Mike, M.D., author.

Title:

Code blue : inside America's medical industrial complex / Mike Magee, MD.

Edition:

First Grove Atlantic hardcover edition.
First edition.

Publisher:

Atlantic Monthly Press,

Copyright Date:

2019

Description:

viii, 422 pages : 24 cm

Subject:

Medical economics.
Health care reform--United States.
Pharmaceutical industry--United States.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [335]-403) and index.

Contents:

The constant gardner -- Intertwined -- Government steps in -- The war of science against disease -- Advocates -- The house of God -- Insurance -- Masters of manipulation -- Equal parts politics and science -- Strange bedfellows : health care, politics, and the Christian Right -- Nigeria, CROS, and research biases -- Viagra : "everything that rises must converge" -- New rules -- Time to deal -- The MIC : tapeworm of American economic competitiveveness?

Summary:

The Fascinating, infuriating story of how we built the world's most expensive, least equitable, health care system -- and what we can do to fix it. -- cover.

ISBN:

0802129056
9780802129055

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1078888800

LCCN:

2018058481

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

CEAX572 -- Kirkwood Community College Library (Cedar Rapids)

XBPE737 -- Lied Public Library - Clarinda (Clarinda)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)