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BL
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960107
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b714477
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| Main Entry
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Garson, Arthur.
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| Title & Author
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Health care half-truths : : too many myths, not enough reality /\ Arthur Garson Jr. and Carolyn L. Engelhard.
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| Publication Statement
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Lanham :: Rowman & Littlefield Pub.,, ©2007.
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xix, 290 pages ;; 24 cm
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0742558290
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: 9780742558298
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-280) and index.
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| Contents
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American medical care is second-rate compared to other countries -- American health care is the most expensive in the world -- America wastes one-half of its medical care dollars -- Most medical care dollars are spent in the last six months of life -- Better quality saves money -- Preventive care saves money -- America will not ration health care -- Science drives most medical decisions -- High quality care cannot be defined -- Consumers can make the best decisions about their medical care -- Fewer doctors will be needed as medicine changes -- The current malpractice system helps patients -- Managing care is evil -- In America, there is a "safety net" of government programs providing health care for the poor -- People who work can afford health insurance -- Provision of health insurance for employees has always been the employer's responsibility, and will continue that way -- The uninsured get the care they need in emergency rooms -- No additional funding is needed to cover the uninsured; the money is available in the system -- All other countries provide health care coverage for everyone; we should be no different -- Major change in the American health care system is impossible.
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"Are you fed up with hearing that the American health care "system" is broken? The system is terminal: the bills that cannot be understood - or paid; your eight-minute doctor visit, with the chronic referrals; your own child who was just laid off, and whose family has no health insurance." "These are all symptoms of a dire situation. Our health care system should not be fixed by those in smoked-filled backrooms or the boardrooms of insurance conglomerates. Each of us, in our own way, must be inspired to work on it - whether directly as practitioners or indirectly as voters - or our health care system and, by extension, our own health will continue to deteriorate."--Jacket.
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Health care reform, Miscellanea.
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Medical care, Miscellanea.
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Medicine, Miscellanea.
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Social medicine, Miscellanea.
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Médecine sociale-- Miscellanées.
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Médecine, Miscellanées.
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Santé, Services de-- Réforme, Miscellanées.
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Soins médicaux, Miscellanées.
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Health care reform.
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Medical care.
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Medicine.
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Social medicine.
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Delivery of Health Care-- organization administration.
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Beleid.
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Gezondheidszorg.
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Misvattingen.
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Health Care Reform.
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United States.
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Verenigde Staten.
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| Dewey Classification
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610
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| LC Classification
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R708.G18 2007
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2007 E-888
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W 84 AA1G1755h 2007
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44.10bcl
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| Added Entry
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Engelhard, Carolyn L.,1951-
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