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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Overdiagnosed Overdiagnosed H. Gilbert Welch After the criteria used to define osteoporosis were altered, seven million American women were turned into patients-literally overnight. The proliferation of fetal monitoring in the 1970s was associa… OL15414401W
Comparative health policy Comparative health policy Robert H.. Blank "This wide-ranging text assesses the extent to which policy problems and responses in different countries have common causes or spring from specific national circumstances. This fully revised third e… OL18589739W
Boomerang Boomerang Theda Skocpol Health reform, a popular issue that Bill Clinton and the Democrats skillfully featured in the 1992 campaign, became the spearpoint of the most concerted attack on government in recent American histor… OL2079360W
The Politics of Vaccination The Politics of Vaccination Christine Holmberg Mass vaccination campaigns are political projects that presume to protect individuals, communities, and societies. Like other pervasive expressions of state power - taxing, policing, conscripting - m… OL20931623W
Clearing the Air Clearing the Air Gregory Wood viii, 248 pages : 24 cm OL21133288W
Inequalities in health Inequalities in health Great Britain. Working Group on Inequalities in Health A condensed version of the report of the working group on Inequalities in Health, published by the Department of Health and Social Security, 1980. OL21773208W
The economics of health and health care The economics of health and health care Miron Stano,Allen Goodman,Sherman Folland xxviii, 723 pages ; 26 cm OL3277081W
Health care in America Health care in America Kant Patel "The present book focuses on health care disparities. ... The United States has a wonderful health care system, especially in terms of its capabilities. But it is not equally available to all. It is … OL3744342W