The real problems in medicine are not readily apparent. Solving these problems won't cost anything and will only require a shift in thinking. Here's how to make that shift.
American Healthcare: A Moderate Approach is a political outsider’s examination of the modern American healthcare crisis. The focus of the book tends towards the Patient Protection and... More > Affordable Care Act of 2010, better known as Obamacare. The book explores the vast differences between healthcare and health insurance and challenges the reader to consider who benefits most from the installation of state-mandated health insurance. It also scrutinizes the corporate-influenced positions that both Republicans and Democrats have used to warp the political discussion around healthcare.
Above all, the book strongly acknowledges that there is a need to reform the healthcare policies of the United States and provides a number of reasonable, common-sense approaches towards fixing the system. None of these solutions involve kowtowing to corporate interests.< Less
This book covers the breadth of the American Healthcare system and analyzes, utilizing a comparative approach, the various changes that can be made to allow America's healthcare economy run more... More > efficiently.< Less
This book is written based on true clinical scenarios and consist of actual conversation which will occur between patients and doctors in a U.S. hospital.
Readers can learn not only conducting a... More > conversation in medical English but also understand diagnostic strategies and other clinical aspects of each disease as is done in American hospitals.< Less
Authors, Peacock & Christensen developed "Getting Your Healthcare House in Order" for the African American Community. This book provides a road map for those who are not sure where to... More > begin the conversation and those who are further down the road of advance care planning.
A person’s beliefs about life, death, and healthcare are intensely personal and complicated. To try and argue with these perspectives is usually pointless and can be disrespectful. Some of the perspectives characterized in this book may resonate personally. Some might be recognizable in friends or family members. Others may spark the question, “Who could think such things?”
The philosophy of this book is to “take what is” and find ways to work with that belief for the best healthcare experience possible. Healthcare is not a one-size-fits-all situation. “Getting Your Healthcare House in Order” is here to help you think through your choices strategically without asking you to change who you are.< Less
Authors, Peacock & Christensen developed "Getting Your Healthcare House in Order" for the African American Community. This book provides a road map for those who are not sure where to... More > begin the conversation and those who are further down the road of advance care planning.
A person’s beliefs about life, death, and healthcare are intensely personal and complicated. To try and argue with these perspectives is usually pointless and can be disrespectful. Some of the perspectives characterized in this book may resonate personally. Some might be recognizable in friends or family members. Others may spark the question, “Who could think such things?”
The philosophy of this book is to “take what is” and find ways to work with that belief for the best healthcare experience possible. Healthcare is not a one-size-fits-all situation. “Getting Your Healthcare House in Order” is here to help you think through your choices strategically without asking you to change who you are.< Less
Written for the citizen consumer, healthcare professional and employer who asks:
"What is health reform going to mean for me?"
If you want to know more, this is the book for you. It is... More > written in response to politicians attempting to hijack healthcare at the expense of the American people. As both a physician and economist, Dr. Smith plainly lays out the problems and real, workable solutions. With clinical and administrative experience, Dr. Smith has worked in every area of healthcare, from hospitals to insurance companies. She has seen what's worked and what hasn't in the United States, Europe and the Third World.
The answers to how healthcare is actually delivered and where the money is really going will likely surprise you. If we are going to have a serious debate about healthcare, it is time for the American people, healthcare professionals and employers to fully understand and reclaim this most important issue.< Less
Written for the citizen consumer, healthcare professional and employer who asks:
"What is health reform going to mean for me?"
If you want to know more, this is the book for you. It is... More > written in response to politicians attempting to hijack healthcare at the expense of the American people. As both a physician and economist, Dr. Smith plainly lays out the problems and real, workable solutions. With clinical and administrative experience, Dr. Smith has worked in every area of healthcare, from hospitals to insurance companies. She has seen what's worked and what hasn't in the United States, Europe and the Third World.
The answers to how healthcare is actually delivered and where the money is really going will likely surprise you. If we are going to have a serious debate about healthcare, it is time for the American people, healthcare professionals and employers to fully understand and reclaim this most important issue.< Less
