How we do harm : a doctor breaks ranks about being sick in America /

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Author / Creator:Brawley, Otis Webb.
Edition:1st ed.
Imprint:New York : St. Martin's Press, 2012.
Description:vi, 304 p. ; 22 cm.
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8733703
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Other authors / contributors:Goldberg, Paul, 1959-
ISBN:9780312672973
0312672977
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-304).
Summary:Dr. Brawley exposes the underbelly of healthcare today--the under-treatment of the poor, the over-treatment of the rich, the financial conflicts of interests physicians face, insurance that doesn't demand the best (or even cheapest) care, and a pharmaceutical behemoth concerned with selling drugs, not providing health.

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