Here is a clear, wide-ranging introduction to the worldwide state of human health. Starting with a brief history of modern medical progress, Shereen Usdin then untangles the knot created by poverty and globalization to show that where...
Medical policy
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Author:Usdin, ShereenSummary: -
Author:Birx, Deborah L.Summary:White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator and Coronavirus Task Force member Dr. Deborah Birx provides an inside account of the Trump Administration's response to the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Author:Manfredi, Christopher P., Maioni, AntoniaSummary:Health Care and the Charter explores the systematic use of Charter litigation in the area of health care and the policy impact of the resulting judicial decisions. Christopher P. Manfredi and Antonia Maioni examine three of the most...
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Author:Batt, SharonSummary:Health activist, scholar, award-winning journalist, and cancer survivor Sharon Batt investigates the relationship between patient advocacy groups and the pharmaceutical industry as well as the contentious role of pharma funding. Over...
- Author:Makary, MartySummary:
From Johns Hopkins medical expert Dr. Marty Makary, the New York Times-bestselling author of The Price We Pay - an eye-opening look at the medical groupthink that has led to public harm, and what you need to know about your health. More...
- Author:Armstrong, Hugh, Armstrong, PatSummary:
Health care is Canada's best loved social program--and for good reason. For over forty years, Canadians have enjoyed high quality health services based on need rather than on ability to pay. Yet we hear almost daily accounts of...
- Author:Raphael, DennisSummary:
This book is an introduction to issues of the social determinants of health. Social determinants of health of the living and working conditions that shape whether we remain healthy or become ill the social determinants of health are...
