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Too Much Medicine : A Doctor’s Prescription For Better And More Affordable Health Care

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Dennis Gottfried
Publication Details
Book, 1st ed, Paragon House, 2009
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Medical care, Cost of · United States · Medical care · Cost control · Health care reform · Health Services · trends · Health Care Costs · Health Care Reform · Health Care Sector · Gottfried, Dennis, 1946-
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(UPPER LEVEL) RA410.53 .G68 2009 AVAILABLE

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(UPPER LEVEL)	RA410.53 .G68 2009	AVAILABLE

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Differential Diagnoses : A Comparative History Of Health Care Problems And Solutions In The United States And France

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Paul V. Dutton
Publication Details
Book, ILR Press/Cornell University Press, 2007
Description
Although the United States spends 16 percent of its gross domestic product on health care, more than 46 million people have no insurance coverage, while one in four Americans report difficulty paying for medical care. Indeed, the U.S. health care system, despite being the most expensive health care system in the world, ranked thirty-seventh in a comprehensive World Health Organization report. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Social medicine · United States · History · 20th century · France · Medical policy · Medical care · Health insurance · Health Services · history · Cross-Cultural Comparison · Health Care Reform · Health Policy · History, 20th Century · Insurance, Health · Dutton, Paul V
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(UPPER LEVEL) RA418.3.U6 D88 2007 DUE 12-03-09

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(UPPER LEVEL)	RA418.3.U6 D88 2007	DUE 12-03-09

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Encyclopedia Of U.S. Biomedical Policy

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Robert H. Blank and Janna C. Merrick, editors-in-chief
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Book, Greenwood Press, 1996
Description
Written by experts, this first encyclopedia about U.S. biomedical policy since the 1970s covers a broad array of key issues and developments in human genetics, reproduction, neonatal intensive care, organ transplantation, intervention in the brain, and medical interventions at the end of life. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Medical policy · United States · Encyclopedias · Health Policy · encyclopedias · Health services · Policies · Of · Government · Blank, Robert H · Merrick, Janna C
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REFERENCE (MAIN) RA395.A3 E545 1996 AVAILABLE

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REFERENCE (MAIN)	RA395.A3 E545 1996	AVAILABLE

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Disease, Medicine, And Society In England, 1550-1860

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prepared for the Economic History Society by Roy Porter
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Book, 2nd ed, Cambridge University Press, 1995
Description
In his short but authoritative study, Roy Porter assesses the impact of disease on the English before the widespread availability and public provision of medical care, incorporating into the revised edition new perspectives offered by recent research. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Social medicine · Great Britain · History · Public health · Health services · England · Porter, Roy, 1946-2002 · Economic History Society
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(UPPER LEVEL) RA418.3.G7 P67 1995 AVAILABLE

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(UPPER LEVEL)	RA418.3.G7 P67 1995	AVAILABLE

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Women’s Health : The Commonwealth Fund Survey

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edited by Marilyn M. Falik and Karen Scott Collins
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Book, Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996
Description
An overly simplistic emphasis on superior longevity as a hallmark of health status all too often masks women’s serious health concerns. It would appear that women are experiencing longer but not necessarily healthier lives.”–from the Introduction The results of the landmark 1993 Commonwealth Fund survey demonstrated that women’s health is too often neglected. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Women · Health and hygiene · United States · Sociological aspects · Women’s health services · Utilization · Psychological aspects · Women’s Health · Women’s Health Services · utilization · Socioeconomic Factors · Health services · Falik, Marilyn · Collins, Karen Scott · Commonwealth Fund
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(UPPER LEVEL) RA408.W65 W665 1996 AVAILABLE

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(UPPER LEVEL)	RA408.W65 W665 1996	AVAILABLE

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Healthspeak : A Complete Dictionary Of America’s Healthcare System

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by Ellen Freudenheim
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Book, Facts on File, 1996
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Medical care · United States · Dictionaries · Terminology · Delivery of Health Care · dictionaries · Health Services · Freudenheim, Ellen
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REFERENCE (MAIN) RA395.A3 F738 1996 AVAILABLE

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REFERENCE (MAIN)	RA395.A3 F738 1996	AVAILABLE

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Power And Illness : The Failure And Future Of American Health Policy

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Daniel M. Fox
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Book, University of California Press, 1993
Description
During most of this century, American health policy has emphasized caring for acute conditions rather than preventing and managing chronic illness–even though chronic illness has caused most sickness and death since the 1920s. A historian of medicine, with knowledge of how hospitals and physicians behave and how health policy is made at government levels, he has extensively researched published and unpublished documents on health care. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Medical policy · United States · History · Chronically ill · Medical care · Government policy · United States · Chronic diseases · Prevention · Health Policy · history · Chronic Disease · Health services · Policies · Of · Government · Fox, Daniel M
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(UPPER LEVEL) RA395.A3 F685 1993 DUE 12-22-09

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(UPPER LEVEL)	RA395.A3 F685 1993	DUE 12-22-09

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Dr. Tom Linden’s Guide To Online Medicine

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Tom Linden, Michelle L. Kienholz
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Book, McGraw-Hill, 1995
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For accurate information any time of the day or night, there is no better source than the Information Superhighway. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Medicine · Computer network resources · Internet · Database searching · Databases, Factual · directories · Health Services · Consumer Organizations · popular works · Online Systems · Computer Communication Networks · Databases, Bibliographic · Linden, Tom · Kienholz, Michelle L
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REFERENCE (MAIN) R859.7.D36 L56 1995 AVAILABLE

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REFERENCE (MAIN)	R859.7.D36 L56 1995	AVAILABLE

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Exploring Rural Medicine : Current Issues And Concepts

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Barbara P. Yawn, Angeline Bushy, Roy A. Yawn, editors
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Book, Sage Publications, 1994
Description
Exploring Rural Medicine serves as an indispensable reference for health practitioners who face uniquely rural concerns in health promotion, care of illnesses, and professional practice issues. Written by experts in a variety of fields who have rural medical experience, Exploring Rural Medicine is essential reading for the rural physician, students considering rural practice, and mid-level rural practitioners such as nurses and physician assistants. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Medicine, Rural · United States · Rural Health · Family Practice · Rural regions · Health services · Yawn, Barbara · Bushy, Angeline · Yawn, Roy A
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(UPPER LEVEL) RA771.5 .E95 1994 AVAILABLE

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(UPPER LEVEL)	RA771.5 .E95 1994	AVAILABLE

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American Health Care : Realities, Rights, And Reforms

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Charles J. Dougherty
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Book, Oxford University Press, 1988
Description
Is our present health care system biased against people with limited education and income? His book fills an important niche in contemporary medical ethics and public health literature by combining a description and analysis of the American health care system–as it actually operates today–with an assessment of recent philosophical writings on justice. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Medical care · United States · Utilization · Medical policy · Delivery of Health Care · Health Policy · Public Health Administration · Health services · Dougherty, Charles J., 1949-
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(UPPER LEVEL) RA395.A3 D675 1988 AVAILABLE

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(UPPER LEVEL)	RA395.A3 D675 1988	AVAILABLE

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Self-interest And Universal Health Care : Why Well- Insured Americans Should Support Coverage For Everyone

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Larry R. Churchill
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Book, Harvard University Press, 1994
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Right to health care · United States · Insurance, Health · Government policy · Health services accessibility · Health care reform · Health Care Reform · Health Services Accessibility · Human Rights · Health services · Churchill, Larry R., 1945-
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(UPPER LEVEL) RA395.A3 C495 1994 AVAILABLE

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(UPPER LEVEL)	RA395.A3 C495 1994	AVAILABLE

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Improving Health Policy And Management : Nine Critical Research Issues For The 1990s

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edited by Stephen M. Shortell, Uwe E. Reinhardt
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Book, AHSR/HAP, 1992
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Medical policy · United States · Health services administration · Health Policy · Health Services · organization & administration · United States · Health Services Research · Shortell, Stephen M. 1944- · Reinhardt, Uwe E · Foundation for Health Services Research
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(UPPER LEVEL) RA396.A1 I46 1992 AVAILABLE

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(UPPER LEVEL)	RA396.A1 I46 1992	AVAILABLE

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Healing The Masses : Cuban Health Politics At Home And Abroad

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Julie Margot Feinsilver ; with a foreword by David E. Apter
Publication Details
Book, University of California Press, 1993
Description
How has Cuba, a small, developing country, achieved its stunning medical breakthroughs? Moreover, Cuba has sent disaster relief, donations of medical supplies and technology, and cadres of volunteer doctors throughout the world, emerging, in Castro’s phrase, as a “world medical power.” (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Medical policy · Cuba · Medical care · Political aspects · Medical assistance, Cuban · Symbolism in politics · Health Policy · Delivery of Health Care · Medical Assistance · Politics · Symbolism (Psychology) · Health services · Feinsilver, Julie Margot
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(UPPER LEVEL) RA395.C9 F45 1993 AVAILABLE

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(UPPER LEVEL)	RA395.C9 F45 1993	AVAILABLE

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Private Choices And Public Health : The AIDS Epidemic In An Economic Perspective

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Tomas J. Philipson and Richard A. Posner
Publication Details
Book, Harvard University Press, 1993
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AIDS (Disease) · Economic aspects · United States · Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome · economics · United States · Health services · Economics · Philipson, Tomas J · Posner, Richard A
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(UPPER LEVEL) RA644.A25 P484 1993 AVAILABLE

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(UPPER LEVEL)	RA644.A25 P484 1993	AVAILABLE

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Contemporary Issues In Health Services

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edited by Stephen J. Williams
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Book, Delmar Publishers, 1993
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Medical care · United States · Medical policy · Medical economics · Health Services · collected works · Williams, Stephen J. 1948-
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(UPPER LEVEL) RA395.A3 C73 1993 AVAILABLE

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(UPPER LEVEL)	RA395.A3 C73 1993	AVAILABLE

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