Sick and Sicker: Essays on Class, Health and Health Care
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| Rating | : | 4.23 (929 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B0738VHGR1 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 307 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-12-21 |
| Language | : | English |
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Rosenthal has performed a valiant and worthy service."CONTENTSInequality: The Root Source of SicknessEngels and the WHO ReportMental Illness or Social Sickness?The Myth of ScarcityThe US and Canada: Different Forms of Medical RationingThe Fight for Medicare in CanadaAssembly-Line MedicineHealth Care or Damage Control?The Lessons of Chile. Apologists for the status quo who dismiss calls for fundamental structural change will always find ways to rationalize, discredit or ignore such penetrating analysis. Excerpt: Reducing income inequality in the United States would save as many lives as would be saved by eradicating heart disease or by preventing all deaths from lung cancer, diabetes, motor vehicle crashes, HIV infection, suicide and homicide combined.Review by Roger Hollander:"SICK and SICKER is a scathing indictment of our medical systems and the social and economic structures of the society that they serve. However, for the millions in North America