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Author:
Barlett, Donald L.
Title:
Critical condition : how health care in America became big business-- and bad medicine / Donald L. Barlett and James B. Steele.
Publisher:
Doubleday
Copyright Date:
2004
Description:
vi, 279 p. ; 25 cm.
Subject:
Insurance, Health--United States.
Medical policy--United States.
Medical care--United States.
Medical care--United States--Costs.
Medical economics--United States.
Medical economics.
Health insurance--United States.
Medical care, Cost of--United States.
Other Authors:
Steele, James B, 1962-, (James Brian.)
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:
Presents an expose of health care in America, arguing that the system, which was once largely not-for-profit, has become a field controlled by profit motive and market forces, discussing the disparity in levels of care and costs, looking at the millions who are without insurance or are underinsured, and calling for an end to market-based medicine.
Indexed by:
Publisher's Weekly.
ISBN:
0385504543
9780385504546
LCCN:
2004055288
Locations:
NYPE343 -- Charles City Public Library (Charles City)
ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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