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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Laurie Kaye Abraham , David A Ansell MDPublisher: The University of Chicago Press Imprint: University of Chicago Press Edition: First Edition, Enlarged Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 22.90cm ISBN: 9780226623702ISBN 10: 022662370 Pages: 304 Publication Date: 22 March 2019 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsReviewsA provocative examination of our health care delivery for the poor. . . . Such an honest and candid account is essential if we are to seriously explore a restructuring of the health care system. --Alex Kotlowitz, author of There Are No Children Here Goes to the heart of today's problem in just a few words: 'Health care is treated as a commodity available to those who can afford it, rather than a public good.' . . . Powerful . . . deeply searching. --Victor Cohn Washington Post Abraham doesn't pretend to have the answers--but she illuminates the problems with passion and skill. --Kirkus Reviews Abraham has done prodigious research, and her grasp of the [Banes] family's dizzying ride is formidable. . . . A powerful indictment of the big business of medicine. --Los Angeles Times This personally observed, lucid chronicle and call for reform of our ailing health system covers all levels of responsibility in the medical establishment, and deserves scrutiny by our administration's health service planners. --Publishers Weekly Goes to the heart of today's problem in just a few words: 'Health care is treated as a commodity available to those who can afford it, rather than a public good.' . . . Powerful . . . deeply searching. --Victor Cohn Washington Post Abraham has done prodigious research, and her grasp of the [Banes] family's dizzying ride is formidable. . . . A powerful indictment of the big business of medicine. --Los Angeles Times Abraham doesn't pretend to have the answers--but she illuminates the problems with passion and skill. --Kirkus Reviews This personally observed, lucid chronicle and call for reform of our ailing health system covers all levels of responsibility in the medical establishment, and deserves scrutiny by our administration's health service planners. --Publishers Weekly A provocative examination of our health care delivery for the poor. . . . Such an honest and candid account is essential if we are to seriously explore a restructuring of the health care system. --Alex Kotlowitz, author of There Are No Children Here A provocative examination of our health care delivery for the poor. . . . Such an honest and candid account is essential if we are to seriously explore a restructuring of the health care system. --Alex Kotlowitz, author of There Are No Children Here Goes to the heart of today's problem in just a few words: 'Health care is treated as a commodity available to those who can afford it, rather than a public good.' . . . Powerful . . . deeply searching. --Victor Cohn Washington Post Abraham has done prodigious research, and her grasp of the [Banes] family's dizzying ride is formidable. . . . A powerful indictment of the big business of medicine. --Los Angeles Times Abraham doesn't pretend to have the answers--but she illuminates the problems with passion and skill. --Kirkus Reviews This personally observed, lucid chronicle and call for reform of our ailing health system covers all levels of responsibility in the medical establishment, and deserves scrutiny by our administration's health service planners. --Publishers Weekly Author InformationLaurie Kaye Abraham is a freelance writer and senior editor of New York Magazine. She lives in Brooklyn, NY. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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