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Why our health matters

a vision of medicine that can transform our future

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A landmark book that shows us exactly how we have let health and medicine become a crisis in our society and what we can all do to resolve it Healthcare is no longer just a public issue; for millions of Americans it is now a crisis on their own doorstep. Costs of medical care today are a leading cause personal bankruptcy. Although policy makers have weighed in on all sides, in this book, bestselling author Andrew Weil, M.D. identifies the root of the problem. He shows us exactly how we have become embroiled in the present situation and provides a solution that will not only make healthcare affordable, but will also put each one of us on the road to optimum health. Dr. Weil states that we have a right to good healthcare that is effective, accessible, and affordable. Many Americans would be surprised to know that our national health is far from the best in the world, even though we spend more money on it than any other country. The World Health Organization recently rated America thirty-seventh in health outcomes, on par with Serbia. Tackling head-on The Three Major Myths of American Medicine, Dr. Weil shows how medical schools fail to give future doctors the education they need to care for patients, how insurance companies have destroyed our opportunity to get excellent care, and how pharmaceutical companies have come to rule our lives. The solution involves nothing less than the creation of a completely new culture of health and medicine in this country, one that we can each start building today.

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Why our health matters: a vision of medicine that can transform our future
2009, Hudson Street Press
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Why our health matters: a vision of medicine that can transform our future
2009, Hudson Street Press
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Why our health matters
2009, Thorndike Press
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Cover of: Why our health matters
Why our health matters: a vision of medicine that can transform our future
2009, Thorndike Press
in English
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Why our health matters: a vision of medicine that can transform our future
2009, Hudson Street Press
in English
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Why Our Health Matters
2009, Penguin USA, Inc.
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Cover of: Why our health matters
Why our health matters: a vision of medicine that can transform our future
2009, Hudson Street Press
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Table of Contents

You have a right to good health care
Exposing the myths of American health care
Moving to the future while learning from the past
Reversing the toxic trends
Doctors of the future
Medicine of the future
The new American health care
Disease prevention : the sustainable solution
Health promotion : the critical component
What the future will look like.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
362.1/0425
Library of Congress
RA395.A3 443 2009, RA395.A3 W443 2009, RA395.A3443 2009

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Pagination
p. ;

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL24060447M
Internet Archive
whyourhealthmatt0000weil
ISBN 13
9781594630668
LCCN
2009022729
OCLC/WorldCat
370605303

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