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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 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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This complete summary of the ideas from Gina Smith's book "The Genomics Age" shows how genetic testing is currently being used in many ways in the medical sector; however, it is experiencing challenges with costs, ethics and patient rights. In this book, the author explains the progress in genomics and what we can expect for the future. This summary provides readers with an insight into the uses and development of genomic discovery and how this will...
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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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