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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... lung cancer has skyrocketed ! ( See Fig- ure 13. ) Virtually no U.S. women died of lung cancer in 1900 ; by 1940 , large numbers of women had begun to die of lung cancer , but at only one - tenth the rate they died of breast cancer . By ...
... Cancer 20 20 15 10 5 Lung Cancer age - adjusted 0 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 Year FIGURE 13. WHAT'S WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE ? Deaths of women from breast and lung cancer in the United States , 1940–1990 . Between 1940 and 1990 , an ...
... Cancer 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 ...
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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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