The Social Transformation of American Medicine
The Rise of a Sovereign Profession and the Making of a Vast Industry
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Considered the definitive history of the American healthcare system, The Social Transformation of American Medicine examines how the roles of doctors, hospitals, health plans, and government programs have evolved over the last two and a half centuries. How did the financially insecure medical profession of the 19th century become a most prosperous one in the 20th century? Why was national health insurance blocked? And why are corporate institutions taking over our medical care system today?
Beginning in 1760 and coming up to the present day, renowned sociologist Paul Starr traces the decline of professional sovereignty in medicine, the political struggles over healthcare, and the rise of a corporate system.
Updated with a new preface and an epilogue analyzing developments since the early 1980s, this new edition of The Social Transformation of American Medicine is a must-listen for anyone concerned about the future of our fraught healthcare system.
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In his previous book, The Elusive Quest for Growth, William Easterly criticized the utter ineffectiveness of Western organizations to mitigate global poverty, and he was promptly fired by his then-employer, the World Bank. The White Man's Burden is his widely anticipated counterpunch - a brilliant and blistering indictment of the West's economic policies for the world's poor.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A Bit Repetitive
- De Amazon Customer en 04-27-19
De: William Easterly
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Higher Education in America
- De: Derek Bok
- Narrado por: Steven Cooper
- Duración: 18 h y 5 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 49
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 42
Higher Education in America is a landmark work - a comprehensive and authoritative analysis of the current condition of our colleges and universities from former Harvard president Derek Bok, one of the nation's most-respected education experts. Sweepingly ambitious in scope, this is a deeply informed and balanced assessment of the many strengths as well as the weaknesses of American higher education today.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Long but not deep
- De ProfGolf en 05-13-16
De: Derek Bok
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When Affirmative Action Was White
- An Untold History of Racial Inequality in Twentieth-Century America
- De: Ira Katznelson
- Narrado por: Jonathan Yen
- Duración: 8 h y 20 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 263
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 228
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 225
In this "penetrating new analysis" ( New York Times Book Review), Ira Katznelson fundamentally recasts our understanding of 20th century American history and demonstrates that all the key programs passed during the New Deal and Fair Deal era of the 1930s and 1940s were created in a deeply discriminatory manner. Through mechanisms designed by southern democrats that specifically excluded maids and farm workers, the gap between blacks and whites actually widened despite postwar prosperity.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Absolute Must Read
- De Andrew en 01-02-18
De: Ira Katznelson
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The Fourth Revolution
- The Global Race to Reinvent the State
- De: John Micklethwait, Adrian Wooldridge
- Narrado por: Chris Sorensen
- Duración: 10 h y 5 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 98
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 80
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 77
From the best-selling authors of The Right Nation, a visionary argument that our current crisis in government is nothing less than the fourth radical transition in the history of the nation-state. Dysfunctional government: It' s become a cliché, and most of us are resigned to the fact that nothing is ever going to change. As John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge show us, that is a seriously limited view of things. In fact, there have been three great revolutions in government in the history of the modern world.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A must read for everyone wondering whats going?
- De Truth-be-told en 03-30-15
De: John Micklethwait, y otros
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American Psychosis
- How the Federal Government Destroyed the Mental Illness Treatment System
- De: E. Fuller Torrey
- Narrado por: Stephen McLaughlin
- Duración: 9 h y 48 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 146
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 127
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 127
E. Fuller Torrey's audiobook provides an inside perspective on the birth of the federal mental health program. On staff at the National Institute of Mental Health when the program was being developed and implemented, Torrey draws on his own first-hand account of the creation and launch of the program, extensive research, one-on-one interviews with people involved, and recently unearthed audiotapes of interviews with major figures involved in the legislation. As such, this book provides historical material previously unavailable to the public.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Devastating analysis on US mental health policy!
- De Kevin en 07-13-14
De: E. Fuller Torrey
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Building the New American Economy
- Smart, Fair, and Sustainable
- De: Jeffrey D. Sachs, Bernie Sanders - foreward
- Narrado por: Rudy Sanda
- Duración: 4 h y 13 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 41
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 35
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 35
With a nation seemingly more divided than ever, many worry that Americans risk losing ground on solving the complex, interrelated problems the country faces - including rising inequality, the specter of climate change, astronomical health care costs, and economic stagnation. The renowned economist Jeffrey D. Sachs offers a practical approach to move America toward a new consensus: sustainable development.
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5 out of 5 stars
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If only....
- De Baboo TH en 01-24-18
De: Jeffrey D. Sachs, y otros
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Economics for the Common Good
- De: Jean Tirole, Steven Rendell - translator
- Narrado por: Jonathan Davis
- Duración: 18 h y 54 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 57
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 45
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 43
When Jean Tirole won the 2014 Nobel Prize in Economics, he suddenly found himself being stopped in the street by complete strangers and asked to comment on issues of the day, no matter how distant from his own areas of research. His transformation from academic economist to public intellectual prompted him to reflect further on the role economists and their discipline play in society. The result is Economics for the Common Good, a passionate manifesto for a world in which economics, far from being a "dismal science," is a positive force for the common good.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A Great Overview of the Challenges of Modern Econ
- De Zach Sullivan en 08-06-18
De: Jean Tirole, y otros
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The Conscience of a Liberal
- De: Paul Krugman
- Narrado por: Jason Culp
- Duración: 9 h y 9 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 520
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 253
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 253
America emerged from Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal with strong democratic values and broadly shared prosperity. But for the past 30 years, American politics has been dominated by a conservative movement determined to undermine the New Deal's achievements. Now, the tide may be turning, and in The Conscience of a Liberal Paul Krugman, the world's most widely read economist and one of its most influential political commentators, charts the way to reform.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great Book!!!
- De carl801 en 12-04-07
De: Paul Krugman
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A Capitalism for the People
- Recapturing the Lost Genius of American Prosperity
- De: Luigi Zingales
- Narrado por: Jonathan Davis
- Duración: 11 h y 20 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 64
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 52
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 50
Born in Italy, University of Chicago economist Luigi Zingales witnessed firsthand the consequences of high inflation and unemployment - paired with rampant nepotism and cronyism - on a country’s economy. This experience profoundly shaped his professional interests, and in 1988 he arrived in the United States, armed with a political passion and the belief that economists should not merely interpret the world, but should change it for the better.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Enjoyable but a tad predictable.
- De Kevin en 12-24-12
De: Luigi Zingales
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The Third Revolution
- Xi Jinping and the New Chinese State
- De: Elizabeth C. Economy
- Narrado por: Jo Anna Perrin
- Duración: 11 h y 3 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 259
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 234
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 224
Eminent China scholar Elizabeth C. Economy provides an incisive look at the transformative changes underway in China today. Chinese leader Xi Jinping has unleashed a powerful set of political and economic reforms: the centralization of power under Xi himself; the expansion of the Communist Party's role in Chinese political, social, and economic life; and the construction of a virtual wall of regulations to control more closely the exchange of ideas and capital between China and the outside world.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A decent synopsis of Xi Jinping and his polices
- De Yoda en 04-29-19
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A Generation of Sociopaths
- How the Baby Boomers Betrayed America
- De: Bruce Cannon Gibney
- Narrado por: Wayne Pyle
- Duración: 14 h y 49 m
- Versión completa
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 655
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 654
What happens when a society is run by people who are antisocial? Welcome to baby boomer America. In A Generation of Sociopaths, Bruce Cannon Gibney shows how America was hijacked by the boomers, a generation whose reckless self-indulgence degraded the foundations of American prosperity.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Honest introspection required
- De Niki en 03-31-17
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FDR's Folly
- How Roosevelt and His New Deal Prolonged the Great Depression
- De: Jim Powell
- Narrado por: William Hughes
- Duración: 9 h y 26 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 502
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 324
In the minds of historians and the American public alike, Franklin Delano Roosevelt was one of our greatest presidents, not least because he supposedly saved America from the Great Depression. But as historian Jim Powell reveals in this groundbreaking book, Roosevelt's New Deal policies actually prolonged and exacerbated the economic disaster.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Scones for the Tea Party
- De Chiefkent en 06-11-12
De: Jim Powell
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Hostile Takeover
- Resisting Centralized Government's Stranglehold on America
- De: Matt Kibbe
- Narrado por: George Newbern
- Duración: 12 h y 11 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 53
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 48
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 49
Hostile Takeover is a rebellious challenge to the "upper management" of government, who are choking American prosperity and liberty. Matt Kibbe exposes the privileged collusion of Washington insiders - and maps out a proven plan for how to return power from the self-appointed "experts" back to the people. Dubbed "one of the Tea Party's masterminds" by Newsweek, Kibbe reveals how grassroots citizens can and will check the federal behemoth and restore the American enterprise.
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5 out of 5 stars
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An amazing book from an interesting perspective
- De Aaron en 12-28-12
De: Matt Kibbe
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How Are You Going to Pay for That?
- Smart Answers to the Dumbest Question in Politics
- De: Ryan Cooper
- Narrado por: Ryan Cooper
- Duración: 8 h y 22 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 40
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 36
How Are You Going to Pay for That? is filled with engaging discussions and detailed strategies that policymakers and citizens alike can use to assail even the most entrenched lines of neoliberal logic and start to undo these long-held misconceptions. Equal parts economic theory, history, and political polemic, this is an essential roadmap for winning the key battles to come.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Not horrible but not correct either
- De David en 03-20-23
De: Ryan Cooper
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The Hidden History of the Supreme Court and the Betrayal of America
- The Thom Hartmann Hidden History Series
- De: Thom Hartmann
- Narrado por: Sean Pratt
- Duración: 4 h y 15 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 136
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 120
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 120
Taking his typically in-depth, historically informed view, Thom Hartmann asks: What if the Supreme Court didn't have the power to strike down laws? According to the Constitution, it doesn't. From the founding of the republic until 1803, the Supreme Court was the final court of appeals, as it was always meant to be. So where did the concept of judicial review start? As so much of modern American history, it began with the battle between the Federalists and Anti-Federalists, and with Marbury v. Madison.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A must read to understand why voting is essential.
- De Brandon WIlliams en 10-05-19
De: Thom Hartmann
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Supercapitalism
- The Transformation of Business, Democracy, and Everyday Life
- De: Robert B. Reich
- Narrado por: Dick Hill
- Duración: 9 h y 36 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 179
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 69
Since the 1970s, and notwithstanding three recessions, the U.S. economy has soared. American capitalism has been a triumph, and it has spread throughout the world. At the same time, argues the former U.S. secretary of labor, Robert B. Reich, the effectiveness of democracy in America has declined. It has grown less responsive to the citizenry, and people are feeling more and more helpless as a result.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Robert Reich for V.P. (of the U.S.)
- De Horace en 11-07-07
De: Robert B. Reich
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An American Sickness
- How Healthcare Became Big Business and How You Can Take It Back
- De: Elisabeth Rosenthal
- Narrado por: Nancy Linari
- Duración: 13 h y 38 m
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 871
It is well documented that our health-care system has grave problems, but how, in only a matter of decades, did things get this bad? Dr. Elisabeth Rosenthal doesn't just explain the symptoms; she diagnoses and treats the disease itself. Rosenthal spells out in clear and practical terms exactly 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.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Not well balanced
- De Anonymous User en 02-12-18
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The Political Determinants of Health
- De: Daniel E. Dawes, David R. Williams - foreword
- Narrado por: David Marantz
- Duración: 7 h y 37 m
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 44
Reduced life expectancy, worsening health outcomes, health inequity, and declining health-care options - these are now realities for most Americans. However, in a country of more than 325 million people, addressing everyone's issues is challenging. How can we effect beneficial change for everyone so we all can thrive? What is the great equalizer?
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5 out of 5 stars
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Must Read
- De Kimberly Varnado en 05-12-24
De: Daniel E. Dawes, y otros
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Sickening
- How Big Pharma Broke American Health Care and How We Can Repair It
- De: John Abramson
- Narrado por: Kevin Stillwell
- Duración: 9 h y 17 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 251
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 210
The United States spends an excess $1.5 trillion annually on health care compared to other wealthy countries—yet the amount of time that Americans live in good health ranks a lowly 68th in the world. At the heart of the problem is Big Pharma, which funds most clinical trials and therefore controls the research agenda, withholds the real data from those trials as corporate secrets, and shapes most of the information relied upon by health care professionals.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great info, but I’m confused…
- De Iread en 04-04-22
De: John Abramson
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The Masters of Medicine
- Our Greatest Triumphs in the Race to Cure Humanity's Deadliest Diseases
- De: Andrew Lam
- Narrado por: Jason Vu
- Duración: 10 h y 42 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 22
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Narración:3.5 out of 5 stars 19
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 19
Human history hinges on the battle to confront our most dangerous enemies—the half-dozen diseases responsible for killing almost all of mankind. The story of our medical triumphs reveals an inspiring tapestry of human achievement, but the journey was far from smooth. It is a tale replete with dramatic episodes as spellbinding as any blockbuster Hollywood movie. In The Masters of Medicine, Dr. Andrew Lam, an award-winning author and retinal surgeon, distills the long arc of medical progress down to the crucial moments that were responsible for the world's greatest medical miracles.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Medical history comes to life
- De Clayton en 11-04-23
De: Andrew Lam
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America's Bitter Pill
- Money, Politics, Backroom Deals, and the Fight to Fix Our Broken Healthcare System
- De: Steven Brill
- Narrado por: Dan Woren
- Duración: 17 h y 10 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 679
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 577
America’s Bitter Pill is Steven Brill’s acclaimed book on how the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, was written, how it is being implemented, and, most important, how it is changing—and failing to change—the rampant abuses in the healthcare industry. It’s a fly-on-the-wall account of the titanic fight to pass a 961-page law aimed at fixing America’s largest, most dysfunctional industry. It’s a penetrating chronicle of how the profiteering that Brill first identified in his trailblazing Time magazine cover story continues, despite Obamacare.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great history, questionable solutions
- De Andrew S. Breza en 01-14-15
De: Steven Brill
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Priced Out
- The Economic and Ethical Costs of American Health Care
- De: Uwe E. Reinhardt, Paul Krugman - Foreword by, William H. Frist - Foreword by
- Narrado por: Bob Souer
- Duración: 4 h y 13 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 83
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 64
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 65
Uwe Reinhardt was a towering figure and moral conscience of health care policy in the United States and beyond. Famously bipartisan, he advised presidents and Congress on health reform and originated central features of the Affordable Care Act. In Priced Out, Reinhardt offers an engaging and enlightening account of today's US health care system, explaining why it costs so much more and delivers so much less than the systems of every other advanced country, why this situation is morally indefensible, and how we might improve it.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A great book for someone who studies healthcare and economics
- De Samuel en 06-03-19
De: Uwe E. Reinhardt, y otros
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An American Sickness
- How Healthcare Became Big Business and How You Can Take It Back
- De: Elisabeth Rosenthal
- Narrado por: Nancy Linari
- Duración: 13 h y 38 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 997
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 872
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 871
It is well documented that our health-care system has grave problems, but how, in only a matter of decades, did things get this bad? Dr. Elisabeth Rosenthal doesn't just explain the symptoms; she diagnoses and treats the disease itself. Rosenthal spells out in clear and practical terms exactly 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.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Not well balanced
- De Anonymous User en 02-12-18
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The Political Determinants of Health
- De: Daniel E. Dawes, David R. Williams - foreword
- Narrado por: David Marantz
- Duración: 7 h y 37 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 54
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 44
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 44
Reduced life expectancy, worsening health outcomes, health inequity, and declining health-care options - these are now realities for most Americans. However, in a country of more than 325 million people, addressing everyone's issues is challenging. How can we effect beneficial change for everyone so we all can thrive? What is the great equalizer?
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5 out of 5 stars
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Must Read
- De Kimberly Varnado en 05-12-24
De: Daniel E. Dawes, y otros
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Sickening
- How Big Pharma Broke American Health Care and How We Can Repair It
- De: John Abramson
- Narrado por: Kevin Stillwell
- Duración: 9 h y 17 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 251
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 210
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 210
The United States spends an excess $1.5 trillion annually on health care compared to other wealthy countries—yet the amount of time that Americans live in good health ranks a lowly 68th in the world. At the heart of the problem is Big Pharma, which funds most clinical trials and therefore controls the research agenda, withholds the real data from those trials as corporate secrets, and shapes most of the information relied upon by health care professionals.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great info, but I’m confused…
- De Iread en 04-04-22
De: John Abramson
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The Masters of Medicine
- Our Greatest Triumphs in the Race to Cure Humanity's Deadliest Diseases
- De: Andrew Lam
- Narrado por: Jason Vu
- Duración: 10 h y 42 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 22
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Narración:3.5 out of 5 stars 19
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 19
Human history hinges on the battle to confront our most dangerous enemies—the half-dozen diseases responsible for killing almost all of mankind. The story of our medical triumphs reveals an inspiring tapestry of human achievement, but the journey was far from smooth. It is a tale replete with dramatic episodes as spellbinding as any blockbuster Hollywood movie. In The Masters of Medicine, Dr. Andrew Lam, an award-winning author and retinal surgeon, distills the long arc of medical progress down to the crucial moments that were responsible for the world's greatest medical miracles.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Medical history comes to life
- De Clayton en 11-04-23
De: Andrew Lam
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America's Bitter Pill
- Money, Politics, Backroom Deals, and the Fight to Fix Our Broken Healthcare System
- De: Steven Brill
- Narrado por: Dan Woren
- Duración: 17 h y 10 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 679
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 574
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 577
America’s Bitter Pill is Steven Brill’s acclaimed book on how the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, was written, how it is being implemented, and, most important, how it is changing—and failing to change—the rampant abuses in the healthcare industry. It’s a fly-on-the-wall account of the titanic fight to pass a 961-page law aimed at fixing America’s largest, most dysfunctional industry. It’s a penetrating chronicle of how the profiteering that Brill first identified in his trailblazing Time magazine cover story continues, despite Obamacare.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great history, questionable solutions
- De Andrew S. Breza en 01-14-15
De: Steven Brill
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Priced Out
- The Economic and Ethical Costs of American Health Care
- De: Uwe E. Reinhardt, Paul Krugman - Foreword by, William H. Frist - Foreword by
- Narrado por: Bob Souer
- Duración: 4 h y 13 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 83
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 64
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 65
Uwe Reinhardt was a towering figure and moral conscience of health care policy in the United States and beyond. Famously bipartisan, he advised presidents and Congress on health reform and originated central features of the Affordable Care Act. In Priced Out, Reinhardt offers an engaging and enlightening account of today's US health care system, explaining why it costs so much more and delivers so much less than the systems of every other advanced country, why this situation is morally indefensible, and how we might improve it.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A great book for someone who studies healthcare and economics
- De Samuel en 06-03-19
De: Uwe E. Reinhardt, y otros
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What Doctors Feel
- How Emotions Affect the Practice of Medicine
- De: Danielle Ofri MD
- Narrado por: Andi Arndt
- Duración: 7 h y 46 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 38
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 33
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 33
While much has been written about the minds and methods of the medical professionals who save our lives, precious little has been said about their emotions. Physicians are assumed to be objective, rational beings, easily able to detach as they guide patients and families through some of life’s most challenging moments. But understanding doctors’ emotional responses to the life-and-death dramas of everyday practice can make all the difference on giving and getting the best medical care.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Book resonates with outpatient internist
- De Juli W. en 09-19-22
De: Danielle Ofri MD
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Health Disparities in the United States (Third Edition)
- Social Class, Race, Ethnicity, and the Social Determinants of Health
- De: Donald A. Barr MD PhD
- Narrado por: Jonathan Yen
- Duración: 15 h y 47 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 11
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 10
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 10
The health-care system in the United States has been called the best in the world. Yet wide disparities persist between social groups, and many Americans suffer from poorer health than people in other developed countries. In this revised edition of Health Disparities in the United States, Donald A. Barr provides extensive new data about the ways low socioeconomic status, race, and ethnicity interact to create and perpetuate these health disparities.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great Book
- De Polina en 01-08-23
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Being Human: Life Lessons from the Frontiers of Science
- De: Robert Sapolsky, The Great Courses
- Narrado por: The Great Courses
- Duración: 5 h y 53 m
- Grabación Original
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,624
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,426
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,417
Understanding our humanity - the essence of who we are - is one of the deepest mysteries and biggest challenges in modern science. Why do we have bad moods? Why are we capable of having such strange dreams? How can metaphors in our language hold such sway on our actions? As we learn more about the mechanisms of human behavior through evolutionary biology, neuroscience, anthropology, and other related fields, we're discovering just how intriguing the human species is.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Somewhat Interesting but not Quite as Advertised
- De Adam J Duhame en 10-05-13
De: Robert Sapolsky, y otros
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Anti-Intellectualism in American Life
- De: Richard Hofstadter
- Narrado por: Adam Verner
- Duración: 16 h y 33 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 191
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 162
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 161
This book throws light on many features of the American character. Its concern is not merely to portray the scorners of intellect in American life, but to say something about what the intellectual is, and can be, as a force in a democratic society.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fifty years later, still valid today
- De David Evan Glasser en 11-13-18
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The Sea and Civilization
- A Maritime History of the World
- De: Lincoln Paine
- Narrado por: Tom Perkins
- Duración: 29 h y 41 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 168
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 140
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 142
A monumental retelling of world history through the lens of maritime enterprise, revealing in breathtaking depth how people first came into contact with one another by ocean and river, lake and stream, and how goods, languages, religions, and entire cultures spread across and along the world's waterways, bringing together civilizations and defining what makes us most human.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Comprehensive
- De Than en 12-29-19
De: Lincoln Paine
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Being Mortal
- Medicine and What Matters in the End
- De: Atul Gawande
- Narrado por: Robert Petkoff
- Duración: 9 h y 3 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 14,007
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 12,116
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 12,081
In Being Mortal, best-selling author Atul Gawande tackles the hardest challenge of his profession: how medicine can not only improve life but also the process of its ending. Medicine has triumphed in modern times, transforming birth, injury, and infectious disease from harrowing to manageable. But in the inevitable condition of aging and death, the goals of medicine seem too frequently to run counter to the interest of the human spirit.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Walk through the Valley of the Shadow
- De George en 11-02-14
De: Atul Gawande
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The Roman Empire: From Augustus to the Fall of Rome
- De: Gregory S. Aldrete, The Great Courses
- Narrado por: Gregory S. Aldrete
- Duración: 12 h y 41 m
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The Roman Empire: From Augustus to the Fall of Rome traces the breathtaking history from the empire’s foundation by Augustus to its Golden Age in the 2nd century CE through a series of ever-worsening crises until its ultimate disintegration. Taught by acclaimed Professor Gregory S. Aldrete of the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, these 24 captivating lectures offer you the chance to experience this story like never before, incorporating the latest historical insights that challenge our previous notions of Rome’s decline.
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Gregory S. Aldrete is a treasure
- De Laurel Tucker en 02-04-19
De: Gregory S. Aldrete, y otros
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Dying of Whiteness
- How the Politics of Racial Resentment Is Killing America's Heartland
- De: Jonathan M. Metzl
- Narrado por: Jamie Renell
- Duración: 9 h y 42 m
- Versión completa
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A physician reveals how right-wing backlash policies have mortal consequences - even for the white voters they promise to help.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Racist and pompous
- De proangler47 en 06-01-19
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The Thirty Years War
- Europe's Tragedy
- De: Peter H. Wilson
- Narrado por: Matthew Waterson
- Duración: 33 h y 25 m
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The Thirty Years War devastated seventeenth-century Europe, killing nearly a quarter of all Germans and laying waste to towns and countryside alike. Peter Wilson offers the first new history in a generation of a horrifying conflict that transformed the map of the modern world.
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Less caffeine, narrator
- De Jeff Joyner en 02-12-24
De: Peter H. Wilson
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Reentry
- SpaceX, Elon Musk, and the Reusable Rockets That Launched a Second Space Age
- De: Eric Berger
- Narrado por: Rob Shapiro
- Duración: 12 h y 59 m
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From launchpad explosions to a pernicious cricket infestation to the demanding management style of Musk himself, the rise of SpaceX was beset with challenges and far from inevitable. Find out how the startup beat the odds and flew high enough to outpace their rivals... and where they're going next.
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4 out of 5 stars
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One story after another
- De Darek en 12-30-24
De: Eric Berger
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The Evidence for Modern Physics
- How We Know What We Know
- De: Professor Don Lincoln, The Great Courses
- Narrado por: Professor Don Lincoln
- Duración: 11 h y 54 m
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In this 24-lesson course aimed at non-scientists, noted particle physicist Dr. Don Lincoln of Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory covers more than a century of progress in physics, describing exactly how scientists reach the conclusions they do. He starts with the atom, which was long hypothesized but wasn’t definitively proven until a paper by Albert Einstein in 1905. That was just the beginning, as researchers probed ever deeper into the atom’s complex structure, leading to the weird findings of quantum mechanics.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Strongly Recommend for Everyone
- De Liam A en 05-23-21
De: Professor Don Lincoln, y otros
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All That Remains
- A Renowned Forensic Scientist on Death, Mortality, and Solving Crimes
- De: Sue Black
- Narrado por: Angela Dawe
- Duración: 10 h y 22 m
- Versión completa
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Dame Sue Black is an internationally renowned forensic anthropologist and human anatomist. She has lived her life eye to eye with the Grim Reaper, and she writes vividly about it in this book, which is part primer on the basics of identifying human remains, part frank memoir of a woman whose first paying job as a schoolgirl was to apprentice in a butcher shop, and part no-nonsense but deeply humane introduction to the reality of death in our lives. It is a treat for CSI junkies, murder mystery and thriller fans, and anyone seeking a clear-eyed guide to a subject that touches us all.
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2 out of 5 stars
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I wanted a science book about forensics. I got a mostly-memoir instead.
- De A Customer en 11-29-19
De: Sue Black
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre The Social Transformation of American Medicine
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- David J. Pascoe
- 02-23-24
Wonderful history/sociology of American Medical practice
Starr does an impressive job of translating arcane sociology to mainstream history. Well worth the time…and it takes a long time!
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- Mikio A. Nihira
- 10-05-20
really expansive but really dense
I last read Dr Starr's book as a college sophomore. it was incredibly satisfying to read it again after practicing surgery for 25 years.
His scholarship and insightful comments are particularly meaningful to me. I strongly recommend this book to help gain an understanding of the context of medical practice in the United States.
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- Dusty
- 07-29-21
Informative but kind of boring
I think it's an important book for every doctor to read BUT I wish there would have been some form of a quick summary at the end. I found myself getting lost at times in the story and how things were moving. I think the time frame would be easier to understand with a physical book. Overall, would definitely recommend. The topic is not my favorite but it was very good information!! Glad I listened to it!
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- CMcA
- 03-12-23
Cogent
Very well documented and the epilogue confirms analysis done decades earlier. Recommended for structure and Conte.
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- Phil Maychek
- 11-03-22
Chapters don’t align with the physical book’s chapters.
Very interesting and informative, but the chapters on the audiobook don’t align with the chapters in the physical book. Since there are no chapter titles on the audiobook it’s difficult to correspond with group discussion.
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- Rob
- 06-24-19
Fascinating Survey of Healthcare in Amerixa
This book was dense! By that, I mean it was chalk full of important and interesting information but a little challenging to get through at times.
I recommend powering through some of the slower points because they payoff is a wealth of information about one of the most important and confusing aspects of American Life.
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- Amazon Customer
- 07-16-23
Every one should read.
The book clearly points out, how we have gotten to where we are in the land of medicine.
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- F. Ospina
- 08-24-19
excellent.
excellent overview and analysis of why the US medical system is the way it is and why changing it is such a challenge.
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- john hodapp
- 10-09-23
simply wonderful
should be required reading in every medical school. as a physician none of this was discussed in my training. makes a fascinating if dense read
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- Brendan
- 02-05-24
Eye opening view of why our healthcare system is as it is
The history of the US healthcare system discussed in this book should be required reading for healthcare professionals.
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