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Author:

Kussin, Steven Z., 1949-

Title:

The Slippery Slope of Healthcare : Why Bad Things Happen to Healthy Patients and How to Avoid Them.

Publisher:

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers,

Copyright Date:

2020

Description:

333 pages ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Medical personnel and patient.
Patient education.
Medical care--United States.

Contents:

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Your Money or Your Life -- 2 Science in Healthcare -- 3 Doctors-Love Them, Hate Them -- 4 YOU! -- 5 Screening -- 6 TV vs. MD -- 7 Shared Decision Making -- Notes -- Index -- About the Author

Summary:

A slippery slope describes how events progress from an initially innocent step to a cascade of subsequent misfortunes that are increasingly inevitable, difficult to stop, and more harmful than the last. In the attempt to improve what is already just fine, patients can unknowingly find themselves on this slope. This book shows them how to avoid it.

ISBN:

153812162X
9781538121627

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1145559916

Locations:

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

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