The Right Medicine How to Make Health Care Reform Work Today

The Right Medicine How to Make Health Care Reform Work Today / by David Cundiff, Mary Ellen McCarthy.

When Dr. David Cundiff called me with a proposal to help research and write The Right Medicine I was intrigued but skep­ tical. His ideas for reform of the US health care system were visionary, radical, and highly original-but would they work? As a Wall Street analyst and long-time student of the he...

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Main Authors: Cundiff, David (Author), McCarthy, Mary Ellen (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Totowa, NJ : Humana Press : Imprint: Humana, 1994.
Edition:1st ed. 1994.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Medical ethics.
Electronic resources (E-books)
Online Access:Click to view e-book
Holy Cross Note:Loaded electronically.
Electronic access restricted to members of the Holy Cross Community.
Table of Contents:
  • Section I.The Health Care Crisis
  • 1. Health Care Overview
  • 2. Cardiovascular Disease: A Case Study
  • 3. Cancer—Denying Reality
  • 4. The Crisis in Elder Care
  • Section II. Restructuring the Health Care System
  • 5. Health Promotion—Medicine That Works
  • 6. Palliative Medicine
  • 7. Primary Care
  • 8. Community Wellness Centers
  • Section III. Restructuring the American Lifestyle
  • 9. Tobacco—The Number One Killer
  • 10. Alcohol—A Devastating Pleasure
  • 11. The Deadly American Diet
  • 12. Violence and Firearms
  • 13. Media
  • 14. Health and Nonrenewable Energy
  • Section IV. The Costs and Benefits of Reform
  • 15. The Costs and Benefits of Real Reform
  • References
  • Acknowledgments.

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