Next medicine: the science and civics of health
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Every year, the average American spends about $7,300 on medical expenses. The typical Canadian pays $2,700, the Briton only $2,000. And yet, according to the World Health Organization, our healthcare system, in terms of total quality, ranks thirty-eighth in the world, right between Costa Rica and Slovenia. Not only do 40 million Americans lack health insurance, but more than 200,000 die each year because of medical mistakes. Our average life expectancy is lower than Cuba's. In 'Next Medicine, ' Dr. Walter Bortz zeroes in on why the American medicine is spiraling toward disaster. A physician with fifty years of experience and a leading authority on aging, Bortz argues that the financial interests of biotech and drug companies have distorted the healthcare system. Thanks to them, medicine today is economically motivated to treat disease rather than to prevent it. Heart disease, for example, is widely treated with drug interventions and invasive surgery--both of which are extravagantly profitable for pharmaceutical giants and hospitals. Daily exercise and a healthy diet, on the other hand, can prevent heart disease, and can be obtained by patients essentially for free--but there's no money in that. The medical-industrial complex has a vested interest in keeping us sick, and until that changes medicine will fail to effectively address the leading cause of disability and mortality today: chronic diseases like diabetes that are largely preventable. Bortz proposes a medical system that emphasizes personal responsibility and provides incentives for healthy lifestyle choices, along with new training for medical professionals. Through a lively narrative full of personal anecdotes and jarring statistics, Bortz makes a powerful case for a radically new medical system--one that is based on rigorous science and loosens the strangle hold of corporate interests on American health. --
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Biomedical Technology
Biomedical Technology -- trends
Biomedical Technology -- trends -- United States
Delivery of Health Care
Delivery of Health Care -- trends
Delivery of Health Care -- trends -- United States
Disease & Health Issues
Diseases
Electronic books
General
HEALTH & FITNESS
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Health Care Issues
Health Care Delivery
Health Care Issues
Health care reform
Health care reform -- United States
Health Policy
MEDICAL
MEDICAL -- Diseases
MEDICAL -- Health Care Delivery
MEDICAL -- Health Policy
MEDICAL -- Public Health
Medical care
Medical care -- United States
Medical technology
Medical technology -- United States
Medicine, Preventive
Medicine, Preventive -- United States
Médecine préventive
Médecine préventive -- États-Unis
Preventive Medicine
Preventive Medicine -- trends
Preventive Medicine -- trends -- United States
Public Health
Réforme
Services de santé
Services de santé -- Réforme
Services de santé -- Réforme -- États-Unis
SOCIAL SCIENCE
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Disease & Health Issues
Technologie médicale
Technologie médicale -- États-Unis
trends
United States
Biomedical Technology -- trends
Biomedical Technology -- trends -- United States
Delivery of Health Care
Delivery of Health Care -- trends
Delivery of Health Care -- trends -- United States
Disease & Health Issues
Diseases
Electronic books
General
HEALTH & FITNESS
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Health Care Issues
Health Care Delivery
Health Care Issues
Health care reform
Health care reform -- United States
Health Policy
MEDICAL
MEDICAL -- Diseases
MEDICAL -- Health Care Delivery
MEDICAL -- Health Policy
MEDICAL -- Public Health
Medical care
Medical care -- United States
Medical technology
Medical technology -- United States
Medicine, Preventive
Medicine, Preventive -- United States
Médecine préventive
Médecine préventive -- États-Unis
Preventive Medicine
Preventive Medicine -- trends
Preventive Medicine -- trends -- United States
Public Health
Réforme
Services de santé
Services de santé -- Réforme
Services de santé -- Réforme -- États-Unis
SOCIAL SCIENCE
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Disease & Health Issues
Technologie médicale
Technologie médicale -- États-Unis
trends
United States
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Delivery of Health Care
Disease & Health Issues
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Health Care Issues
Health Care Reform
Health Policy
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Medical technology
Medicine, Preventive
Médecine préventive
Preventive Medicine
Public Health
Réforme
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Services de santé
Technologie médicale
trends
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Disease & Health Issues
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Health Care Delivery
Health Care Issues
Health Care Reform
Health Policy
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Preventive Medicine
Public Health
Réforme
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