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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781018603321

Autore

Sommer Alfred <1942->

Titolo

Getting what we deserve [[electronic resource] ] : health and medical care in America / / Alfred Sommer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009

ISBN

0-8018-9860-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (150 p.)

Disciplina

362.1

Soggetti

Public health - United States

Health

Medical policy - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 123-125) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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?.