The Social Transformation of American Medicine - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Social Transformation of American Medicine write by Paul Starr. This book was released on 1982. The Social Transformation of American Medicine available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Winner of the 1983 Pulitzer Prize and the Bancroft Prize in American History, this is a landmark history of how the entire American health care system of doctors, hospitals, health plans, and government programs has evolved over the last two centuries. "The definitive social history of the medical profession in America....A monumental achievement."—H. Jack Geiger, M.D., New York Times Book Review
American Medicine and the Public Interest
American Medicine and the Public Interest - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook American Medicine and the Public Interest write by Rosemary Stevens. This book was released on 1998. American Medicine and the Public Interest available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This reissue offers an opportunity to consider the state of the American health care system. The text chronicles the development of the medical profession and shows how increasing emphasis on specialization has influenced medical education and public policy. It details specialization's effects on health care costs and on health care providers, as well as the implications of technology and the resulting ethical dilemmas, the issues of insurance, and many people's limited access to care.
Complementary and Alternative Medicine in the United States
Complementary and Alternative Medicine in the United States - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Complementary and Alternative Medicine in the United States write by Institute of Medicine. This book was released on 2005-04-13. Complementary and Alternative Medicine in the United States available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Integration of complementary and alternative medicine therapies (CAM) with conventional medicine is occurring in hospitals and physicians offices, health maintenance organizations (HMOs) are covering CAM therapies, insurance coverage for CAM is increasing, and integrative medicine centers and clinics are being established, many with close ties to medical schools and teaching hospitals. In determining what care to provide, the goal should be comprehensive care that uses the best scientific evidence available regarding benefits and harm, encourages a focus on healing, recognizes the importance of compassion and caring, emphasizes the centrality of relationship-based care, encourages patients to share in decision making about therapeutic options, and promotes choices in care that can include complementary therapies where appropriate. Numerous approaches to delivering integrative medicine have evolved. Complementary and Alternative Medicine in the United States identifies an urgent need for health systems research that focuses on identifying the elements of these models, the outcomes of care delivered in these models, and whether these models are cost-effective when compared to conventional practice settings. It outlines areas of research in convention and CAM therapies, ways of integrating these therapies, development of curriculum that provides further education to health professionals, and an amendment of the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act to improve quality, accurate labeling, research into use of supplements, incentives for privately funded research into their efficacy, and consumer protection against all potential hazards.
Overdosed America
Overdosed America - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Overdosed America write by John Abramson. This book was released on 2005-06-14. Overdosed America available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Using the examples of Vioxx, Celebrex, cholesterol-lowering statin drugs, and anti-depressants, Overdo$ed America shows that at the heart of the current crisis in American medicine lies the commercialization of medical knowledge itself. Drawing on his background in statistics, epidemiology, and health policy, John Abramson, M.D., an award-winning family doctor on the clinical faculty at Harvard Medical School, reveals the ways in which the drug companies have misrepresented statistical evidence, misled doctors, and compromised our health. The good news is that the best scientific evidence shows that reclaiming responsibility for your own health is often far more effective than taking the latest blockbuster drug. You -- and your doctor -- will be stunned by this unflinching exposé of American medicine.
The Fenway Guide to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Health
The Fenway Guide to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Health - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Fenway Guide to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Health write by Harvey J. Makadon. This book was released on 2008. The Fenway Guide to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Health available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "The Fenway Guide to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Health is the first truly comprehensive clinical reference to enhancing the health care and wellness of LGBT patients. Written by leading experts in the field and created in conjunction with Fenway Community Health of Boston, one of America's most respected community-based research and treatment centers, this one-of-a kind resource examines the unique issues faced by sexual minority patients and provides readers with clear and authoritative guidance." -- Book Jacket.
