Getting what we deserve health and medical care in America /

Main Author: Sommer, Alfred, 1942-
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009.
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Online Access:http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10381435
Table of Contents:
  • Genesis : from few to many-in fits and starts
  • Disease is the sum of all evils
  • Genes : sometimes "destiny," sometimes not
  • The complex nature of causality
  • The consequences of our own behavior
  • Choosing the healthier lifestyle
  • From science to policy : the path is anything but linear
  • The U.S. health care system
  • Who's healthy? Who's not? Why?.