An American sickness: how healthcare became big business and how you can take it back

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Rosenthal, Elisabeth, 1956-
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"Rosenthal spells out ... how to decode medical doublespeak, avoid the pitfalls of the pharmaceuticals racket, and get the care you and your family deserve. She takes you inside the doctor-patient relationship, explaining step by step the workings of a profession sorely lacking transparency. This is about what we can do, as individual patients, both to navigate a byzantine system and also to demand far-reaching reform"--
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