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Title: FALSE HOPES
OVERCOMING THE OBSTACLES TO A SUSTAINABLE, AFFORDABLE MEDICINE
By: Daniel Callahan
Format: Paperback

List price: £21.95


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ISBN 10: 0813526744
ISBN 13: 9780813526744
Publisher: RUTGERS UNIVERSITY PRESS
Pub. date: 1 March, 1999
Pages: 330
Description: This text exposes the cause of the health care crisis and proposes an alternative to make care affordable and available to all. It shows how the quest for perfection is the core of the crisis, and suggests a medicine that bows to the limits of human nature and gives priority to meeting basic needs.
Synopsis: This text exposes the cause of the health care crisis and proposes an alternative to make care affordable and available to all. It shows how the quest for perfection is the core of the crisis, and suggests a medicine that bows to the limits of human nature and gives priority to meeting basic needs.
Publication: US
Imprint: Rutgers University Press
Returns: Returnable
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