To live and die in America [[electronic resource] ] : class, power, health, and healthcare / / Robert Chernomas and Ian Hudson

• Autore: Chernomas Robert
• Pubblicazione: London : , : Pluto Press, , [2013]; ©2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (248 p.)
• Disciplina: 362.10973
• Soggetto topico: Medical care - United States; Medical policy - United States; Social classes - Health aspects - United States; Medical economics - United States
• Soggetto geografico: United States
• Persona (resp. second.): HudsonIan <1967->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-217) and index.
• Sommario/riassunto: To Live and Die in America details how the United States has among the worst indicators of health in the industrialised world and at the same time spends significantly more on its health care system than any other industrial nation. Robert Chernomas and Ian Hudson explain this contradictory phenomenon as the product of the unique brand of capitalism that has developed in the US. It is this particular form of capitalism that created both the social and economic conditions that largely influence health outcomes and the inefficient, unpopular and inaccessible health care system that is incapable of dealing with them. The authors argue that improving health in America requires a change in the conditions in which people live and work as well as a restructured health care system.
• Titolo autorizzato: To live and die in America
• ISBN: 1-84964-843-3; 1-84964-842-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910823327803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Future of world capitalism.