Getting What We Deserve: Health and Medical Care in AmericaJohns Hopkins University Press, 16 nov 2009 - 152 pagina's One of America's leading public health experts finds a host of ills in this country's health care system: • The United States spends nearly twice as much on health care as the rest of the developed world, yet has higher infant mortality rates and shorter longevity than most nations. In his blunt assessment of the state of public health in America, Alfred Sommer argues that human behavior has a stronger effect on wellness than almost any other factor. Despite exciting advances in genomic research and cutting-edge medicine, Sommer explains, most illness can be avoided or managed with simple, low-tech habits such as proper hand washing, regular exercise, a balanced diet, and not smoking. But, as he also shows, this is easier said than done. Sommer finds that our fascination with medical advances sometimes keeps us from taking responsibility for our individual well-being. Instead of focusing on prevention, we wait for medical science to cure us once we become sick. Humorous, sometimes acerbic, and always well informed, Sommer's thought-provoking book will change the way you look at health care in America. |
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... D. Levy and W. B. Kannel , “ Searching for Answers to Ethnic Dispari- ties in Cardiovascular Risk , " Lancet 356 ( 2000 ) : 267 . Death rate per 100,000 women Female Cancer Death Rates United The Consequences of Our Own Behavior 39.
... Death Rates United States Lung Cancer 7 Other cancers 0 1930 1940 1950 1960 Year 1970 1980 1985 FIGURE 14. MEN ARE NO BETTER - IN FACT , THEY ARE WORSE . Cancer death rates of men in the United States , 1930-1985 . Death rates from lung ...
... death rates from breast and prostate cancer and three had lower death rates from colon cancer . Good , to be sure , but not best . Why aren't our health indices better ? For a lot of reasons . Some arise from social and cultural issues ...
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From Few to Manyin Fits and Starts | 1 |
DISEASE IS THE SUM OF ALL EVILS | 10 |
Sometimes Destiny Sometimes Not | 26 |
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