Getting What We Deserve
Health and Medical Care in America
Publication Year: 2009
Published by: Johns Hopkins University Press
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2. DISEASE IS THE SUM OF ALL EVILS
We’ve come to think of disease as an abnormal condition caused by a single, specific biological agent, such as a microbe or a mutated gene. Many such singular biological agents have been discovered. But health is not merely the absence of disease, nor do the origins of disease lie solely in the biological sphere. ...

6. CHOOSING THE HEALTHIER LIFESTYLE
To choose healthier behaviors, we need to know what makes and keeps us healthy. Unfortunately, much of what we are told simply isn’t true. Researchers overinterpret their data; medical journals, in a competition to be quoted, overstate the relevance of the results; ...

7. FROM SCIENCE TO POLICY: The Path Is Anything but Linear
Moving from data to policy (and practice) is a lot more complex and idiosyncratic than an outsider might suspect. I’ve outlined, in brief, the major steps (Figure 19). The process begins with scientific evidence. Sometimes, as is commonly the case for new drugs, the initial evidence is entirely unexpected. ...

Further Reading, Films, and Websites of Interest
The number of books, journal articles, movies, and Websites relevant to the subjects I’ve discussed is virtually limitless. For those with the time and interest, I list here a few of my favorites. They add considerable depth and color to this book’s summary of core principles. ...
E-ISBN-13: 9780801898600
E-ISBN-10: 0801898609
Print-ISBN-13: 9780801893872
Print-ISBN-10: 0801893879
Page Count: 152
Illustrations: 2 halftones, 31 line drawings
Publication Year: 2009
OCLC Number: 647917330
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