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

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
Subject:
Medical care -- United States.
Medical policy -- United States.
Health care reform -- United States.
Health care reform.
Medical care.
Medical policy.
United States.
Format: 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.
Table of Contents:
  • Part I. Three from the Gradys
  • 1. Chief Complaint
  • 2. Brawleyism
  • 3. Cadillac Care
  • 4. Skepticism
  • 5. A Wallet Biopsy
  • Part II. Failure is the System
  • 6. Red Juice
  • 7. Tumor Promotion
  • 8. Defibrillation
  • 9. Palpitation
  • 10. Saving Mr. Huzjak
  • 11. God Is Calling
  • Part III. More is Better
  • 12. Ole Boys' Club
  • 13. Snuffy's War
  • 14. How Much Protection?
  • 15. The Guillain-BarrĂ© Syndrome
  • 16. Saving Representative Silvio Conte
  • 17. The Quintessential American
  • 18. Faith-Based Medicine
  • Part IV. Evidence-Based Medicine
  • 19. The Denominator
  • 20. From the Health Fair
  • 21. Behind the Blue Curtain
  • 22. False Guidelines
  • 23. Algorithms for Judgment
  • 24. Saying "Enough!"
  • 25. Project LEAD
  • Epilogue
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
Gift of the Helen Harris Perlman Book Fund bookplate
The John Crerar Library bookplate

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