HSPLS site
Login
My List - 0
Help
Search
My Account
Databases
HI Newspaper
eBooks/Audiobooks
Learning
PC Reservation
Reading Program
Basic
Advanced
Power
History
Search:
Title Browse
Author Browse
Subject Browse
Best Seller Browse
Music Title Browse
Video/DVD Title Browse
Journal/Newspaper Title Browse
Serial Title Browse
Series Browse (includes Bestseller List)
General Keyword
Title Keyword
Author Keyword
Subject Keyword
Name Keyword
Series Keyword
Score Title Browse
Talking Book Title Browse
Awards Note Browse
Bib No.
Barcode
Refine Search
> You're searching:
HAWAII STATE PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM
Item Information
Holdings
Summary
More Content
More by this author
Rosenthal, Elisabeth, 1956- author.
Subjects
Medical care -- United States.
Medical policy -- United States.
Browse Catalog
by author:
Rosenthal, Elisabeth, 1956- author.
by title:
An American sickness...
MARC Display
An American sickness [large type] : how healthcare became big business and how you can take it back / Elisabeth Rosenthal.
by
Rosenthal, Elisabeth, 1956- author.
New York : Random House Large Print, c2017.
Subjects
Medical care -- United States.
Medical policy -- United States.
ISBN:
9781524756208 (paperback : large print) :
1524756202 (paperback : large print) :
Description:
640 pages (large print) ; 24 cm
Edition:
First large print edition.
Contents:
History of the present illness and review of systems. The age of insurance -- The age of hospitals -- The age of physicians -- The age of pharmaceuticals -- The age of medical devices -- The age of testing and ancillary services -- The age of contractors: billing, coding, collections, and new medical businesses -- The age of research and good works for profit: the perversion of a noble enterprise -- The age of conglomerates -- The age of healthcare as pure business -- The age of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) -- Diagnosis and treatment: prescriptions for taking back our healthcare. The high price of patient complacency -- Doctors' bills -- Hospital bills -- Insurance costs -- Drug and medical device costs -- Bills for tests and ancillary services -- Better healthcare in a digital age.
Requests:
0
Summary:
An award-winning New York Times reporter reveals expensive dysfunctions in America's healthcare system, outlining practical guidelines for recognizing misleading information and obtaining the care and pharmaceuticals needed to safeguard family health interests. --Publisher
Copy/Holding information
Location
Collection
Call No.
Status
Hawaii State Library
Social Science & Philosophy
LT 362.10973 Ro
Checked In
Add Copy to MyList
Kapolei Public Library
Large Type
LT 362.10973 Ro
Checked In
Add Copy to MyList
Kihei Public Library
Large Type
LT 362.10973 Ro
Checked In
Add Copy to MyList
Library For The Blind and Print Disabled
Large Type
LT 362.10973 Ro
Checked In
Add Copy to MyList
Mililani Public Library
Large Type
LT 362.10973 Ro
Checked In
Add Copy to MyList
Pearl City Public Library
Large Type
LT 362.10973 Ro
Checked In
Add Copy to MyList
Nanakuli Public Library
Large Type
LT 362.10973 Ro
Checked In
Add Copy to MyList
Horizon Information Portal 3.0
© 2001-2013
SirsiDynix
All rights reserved.