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The must-read summary of Charles C. Kenney's book: "The Best Practice: How the New Quality Movement is Transforming Medicine".
This complete summary of "The Best Practice" by Charles C. Kenney presents the author's analysis of the quiet revolution of health care quality in America at the hands of dedicated physicians such as Paul Betalden and Don Berwick. He explains how they used quality control inspired by other industries to bring the focus back...
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The must-read summary of The Washington Post's book: "Landmark: The Inside Story of America's New Health Care Law and What It Means for Us All".
This complete summary of "Landmark" by the staff of The Washington Post, Washington's most widely-circulated daily newspaper, outlines their analysis of the new health care law and how it will have an impact on American society as a whole. It also delves into the controversy the Affordable Care Act caused...
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The must-read summary of David Dranove's book: "Code Red: An Economist Explains How to Revive the Healthcare System Without Destroying It".
This complete summary of "Code Red" by David Dranove, a renowned American economist, outlines the author's analysis of the factors that affect American health care system and his proposals to improve the system. Concerned at the state of the healthcare system and its repercussions on the quality of patient care,...
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The must-read summary of Paul Pilzer's book: "The Wellness Revolution: How to Make a Fortune in the Next Trillion Dollar Industry".
This complete summary of the ideas from Paul Pilzer's book "The Wellness Revolution" shows how the next big thing is set to be the wellness industry - providing healthy people with the food, nutritional supplements, preventative healthcare services and insurance that they need to maintain their health. In his book, the...
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The must-read summary of Karl Weber's book: "Food, Inc.: How Industrial Food is Marketing Us Sicker, Fatter, and Poorer - And What You Can Do About it".
This complete summary of "Food, Inc." by Karl Weber, a collection of challenging essays by leading experts, presents the work's insight into the health issues created by the food industry and offers ways of circumnavigating these problems.
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The must-read summary of Derek Bok's book: "The Politics of Happiness: What Government Can Learn from the New Research on Well-Being".
This complete summary of "The Politics of Happiness" by Derek Bok, an American lawyer and former president of Harvard University, presents his examination of research on happiness and illustrates how government policy on equality, growth, education, health care and mental health could foster greater satisfaction and...
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The must-read summary of Arnold Relman's book: "A Second Opinion: Rescuing America's Health Care".
This complete summary of "A Second Opinion" by Arnold Relman, a respected physician and healthcare advocate, explains why the book's author believes that the U.S. health system is failing. He criticizes the private markets who support it simply to grow revenue and argues that it is in urgent need of restructuring and refocusing on the care and needs...
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The must-read summary of Dr. David Gratzer's book: "The Cure: How Capitalism Can Save American Health Care".
This complete summary of "The Cure" by Dr. David Gratzer, a physician and health care expert and adviser, gives an overview of the author's inside look at the heart of the problem of American health care system. He also explains why Canadian or European models won't work in the US and finally offers a solution to the problem.
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The must-read summary of Philip Alcabes's book: "Dread: How fear and Fantasy have Fueled Epidemics from the Black Death to the Avian Flu".
This complete summary of "Dread" by Philip Alcabes presents his examination of epidemics and how they reflect the social and cultural anxieties of the time. He explores a variety of cases, from bird flu and the Black Death to widespread conditions such as autism and obesity.
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The must-read summary of Devra Davis's book: "The Secret History of the War on Cancer".
This complete summary of "The Secret History of the War on Cancer" by Devra Davis, a prominent epidemiologist and writer, presents her revelation that the 'war on cancer' focused too much on research for treatment and a cure, instead of combating cancer's basic causes. She argues that industries have contributed to the problem by making unhealthy food, substances...
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