A collection of true accounts of meaningful relationships between doctors and patients demonstrates the healing potential of productive interaction in the face of rampant depersonalization in the world of managed care health systems. 15,000 first printing.

The Best Medicine: Doctors, Patients, and the Covenant of Caring

Medical Books

D'Antonio, Michael

Magee, Mike

Medicine

St Martins Pr

“Code Blue” is the phrase customarily announced over hospital public address systems to alert staff to an urgent medical emergency requiring immediate attention. How has the United States, with more resources than any nation, developed a healthcare system that delivers much poorer results, at near double the cost of any other developed country―such that legendary seer Warren Buffett calls the Medical Industrial Complex “the tapeworm of American economic competitiveness”? Mike Magee, M.D., who worked for years inside the Medical Industrial Complex administering a hospital and then as a senior executive at the giant pharmaceutical company Pfizer, has spent the last decade deconstructing the complex, often shocking rise of, and connectivity between, the pillars of our health system―Big Pharma, insurance companies, hospitals, the American Medical Association, and anyone affiliated with them. With an eye first and foremost on the bottom line rather than on the nation's health, each sector has for decades embraced cure over care, aiming to conquer disease rather than concentrate on the cultural and social factors that determine health. This decision Magee calls the “original sin” of our health system. 
 Code Blue is a riveting, character-driven narrative that draws back the curtain on the giant industry that consumes one out of every five American dollars. Making clear for the first time the mechanisms, greed, and collusion by which our medical system was built over the last eight decades―and arguing persuasively and urgently for the necessity of a single-payer, multi-plan insurance arena of the kind enjoyed by every other major developed nation―Mike Magee gives us invaluable perspective and inspiration by which we can, indeed, reshape the future.

Code Blue: Inside America's Medical Industrial Complex

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Atlantic Monthly Press

A powerful and path-breaking expose of America's Medical Industrial Complex--the network of mutually beneficial relationships between big business, academic medicine, patient advocacy organizations, hospitals, and government--and a compelling way forward for transforming America's healthcare system How has the United States, with more resources than any nation, developed a healthcare system that delivers much poorer results, at near double the cost of any other developed country--such that legendary seer Warren Buffett calls the Medical Industrial Complex "the tapeworm of American economic competitiveness"? Mike Magee, M.D., who worked for years inside the Medical Industrial Complex administering a hospital and then as a senior executive at the giant pharmaceutical company Pfizer, has spent the last decade deconstructing the complex, often shocking rise of, and connectivity between, the pillars of our health system--Big Pharma, insurance companies, hospitals, the American Medical Association, and anyone affiliated with them. With an eye first and foremost on the bottom line rather than on the nation's health, each sector has for decades embraced cure over care, aiming to conquer disease rather than concentrate on the cultural and social factors that determine health. This decision Magee calls the "original sin" of our health system. Code Blue is a riveting, character-driven narrative that draws back the curtain on the giant industry that consumes one out of every five American dollars. Making clear for the first time the mechanisms, greed, and collusion by which our medical system was built over the last eight decades--and arguing persuasively and urgently for the necessity of a single-payer, multi-plan insurance arena of the kind enjoyed by every other major developed nation--Mike Magee gives us invaluable perspective and inspiration by which we can, indeed, reshape the future.

GROVE PRESS

Tantrik Astrology

Politics & Social Sciences

Magee, Jan

Philosophy

Inland Book Co

This clear, concise manual is a practical guide to medical school admissions. The book covers each step of the process, from undergraduate preparation through applications, to selecting the right school. The book includes tips on successful interviewing, essay writing, and other aspects of the admissions process, as well as statistical profiles of every medical school in the U.S. and a guide to information resources.

The 2003 Pfizer Medical School Manual

Education & Teaching

Higher & Continuing Education

Spencer Books

Science and lifestyle changes are adding years to our lives and creating a "new face of aging." Through profiles of 24 Senior Olympians, learn that the second 50 years of life can be "exciting, productive, and joyful!" Though each athlete follows an individual path, all find themselves at the same destination: a happier and healthier way of life. Here they share their histories and their wisdom about the keys to vital aging, including diet, exercise, and the benefit of supportive relationships. Along with these true-life stories, The New Face of Aging offers the latest demographic and scientific news to show that today's seniors are indeed a healthier, more vital generation.

The New Face of Aging

Parenting & Relationships

Pfizer/Spencer Books

The premise of this book is that our lives are simply an accumulation of the thousands of decisions, large and small, that we make every day. The Book of Choices consists of 77 short chapters, each on a fundamental life choice. The chapter consists of a meditation illuminating the nature of that choice, followed by carefully selected quotations from history's greatest thinkers, teachers, and doers. The Book of Choices also contains a biographical index of these great men and women.

The Book of Choices: A Treasury of Insights for Personal and Professional Growth

Self-Help

Motivational

This annually updated manual is a step-by-step guide to the admissions process. Clearly and concisely written, it provides an overview of the process as well as contact information and statistics for U.S. medical schools, and listings of other informational resources.

The 2004 Pfizer Medical School Manual: A Practical Guide to Getting into Medical School

This book offers 52 leadership lessons, each illustrated by an anecdote drawn from the author's family life.  The engaging, folksy writing, and the easy-to-relate to family stories, add charm and a personal touch to the leadership lessons, resulting in a very readable, engaging, inspirational self-improvement book.

Positive Leadership: A Moral Survival Manual For The Home

Schools & Teaching

A physician examines the many aspects of water and how important it is in our lives.

Healthy Waters: What Every Health Professional Should Know About Water

Business & Money

Economics

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The Best Medicine: Doctors, Patients, and the Covenant of Caring

Code Blue: Inside America's Medical Industrial Complex

Code Blue: Inside America's Medical Industrial Complex

Tantrik Astrology

The 2003 Pfizer Medical School Manual

The New Face of Aging

The Book of Choices: A Treasury of Insights for Personal and Professional Growth

The 2004 Pfizer Medical School Manual: A Practical Guide to Getting into Medical School

Positive Leadership: A Moral Survival Manual For The Home

Healthy Waters: What Every Health Professional Should Know About Water