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Author Sommer, Alfred, 1942-

Title Getting what we deserve : health and medical care in America / Alfred Sommer.

Imprint Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009.

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 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  362.1 So55g 2009    ---  Available
Description xii, 133 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 123-125) and index.
Contents Genesis : from few to many-in fits and starts -- Disease is the sum of all evils -- Genes : sometimes "destiny," sometimes not -- The complex nature of causality -- The consequences of our own behavior -- Choosing the healthier lifestyle -- From science to policy : the path is anything but linear -- The U.S. health care system -- Who's healthy? Who's not? Why?.
Subject Public health -- United States.
Health.
Medical policy -- United States.
Health Status -- United States.
Health Policy -- United States.
Public Health -- United States.
Social Medicine -- United States.
ISBN 9780801893872 (acid-free paper)
0801893879 (acid-free paper)

 
    
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