A classic comparative study of medicine and national culture, Medicine and Culture shows us that while doctors regard themselves as servants of science, they are often prisoners of custom.
"We're going to need to run a few tests" has become a common refrain in over-medicalized America. Are the barrages of expensive tests necessary? Are we really sick? Leading medical writer Lynn Payer presents a startling expose of how the health care industry profits from making us believe we are sick--at a tremendous toll in dollars and lives.
This report provides the most current financial, operations, and productivity benchmark data about pediatric practices in the United States. Reported measures include practice revenue, expense, staffing, payroll, patient volume, payor mix, capacity, and other key operational characteristics by type of practice. Regional data is provided on select ...
This book argues that notions of health and disease are often determined more by culture than by science. Thus Americans, favouring action over reflection, are more likely to perform mastectomies and by-pass operations than the British. The Germans, harbouring a lingering romanticism, are preoccupied with their hearts, the French are guided by ...
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