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The Second Sickness. Contradictions of Capitalist Health Care.
Howard Waitzkin
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Description for The Second Sickness. Contradictions of Capitalist Health Care.
Paperback. This edition retains the ethnographic approach and adds analysis of how managed care and other economic and social forces influence medical practice in 2000. Num Pages: 256 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPQB; MBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 148 x 13. Weight in Grams: 340.
Since the appearance of Waitzkin’s The Second Sickness, a landmark book of the 1980s, American medicine has been dramatically transformed. Waitzkin’s earlier edition used qualitative research to take readers inside the “black box” of medical decisionmaking. This new, fully updated and expanded edition retains the earlier edition's vivid approach and adds timely analysis of how managed care and other economic and social forces influence medical practice today.
Since the appearance of Waitzkin’s The Second Sickness, a landmark book of the 1980s, American medicine has been dramatically transformed. Waitzkin’s earlier edition used qualitative research to take readers inside the “black box” of medical decisionmaking. This new, fully updated and expanded edition retains the earlier edition's vivid approach and adds timely analysis of how managed care and other economic and social forces influence medical practice today.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780847698875
SKU
V9780847698875
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99-15
About Howard Waitzkin
Howard Waitzkin is Professor and Director, Division of Community Medicine, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of New Mexico.
Reviews for The Second Sickness. Contradictions of Capitalist Health Care.
Superb. . . . Stands out like a beacon amidst confusion. . . . The richness of detail and evidence adduced to support the arguments are exceptional.
Social Science & Medicine
Makes good reading for anyone interested in health policy. . . . Waitzkin's warnings about the limits of health reform are thought-provoking.
The New Physician
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Social Science & Medicine
Makes good reading for anyone interested in health policy. . . . Waitzkin's warnings about the limits of health reform are thought-provoking.
The New Physician
... Read more