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God's Hotel

A Doctor, a Hospital, and a Pilgrimage to the Heart of Medicine

par Victoria Sweet ...

Lu par Victoria Sweet ...

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13 heure 44 min

San Francisco's Laguna Honda Hospital is the last almshouse in the country, a descendant of the hôtel-Dieu (God's hotel) that cared for the sick in the Middle Ages. Ballet dancers and rock musicians, professors and thieves—"anyone who had fallen, or, often, leapt, onto hard times" and needed extended medical care—ended up here. So did Victoria Sweet, who came for two months and stayed for twenty ... En savoir plus

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San Francisco's Laguna Honda Hospital is the last almshouse in the country, a descendant of the hôtel-Dieu (God's hotel) that cared for the sick in the Middle Ages. Ballet dancers and rock musicians, professors and thieves—"anyone who had fallen, or, often, leapt, onto hard times" and needed extended medical care—ended up here. So did Victoria Sweet, who came for two months and stayed for twenty
... En savoir plus
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Food Politics

How the Food Industry Influences Nutrition and Health

par Marion Nestle ...

Lu par Kate Reading ...

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10 heure 33 min

An accessible and balanced account, Food Politics laid the groundwork for today's food revolution and changed the way we respond to food industry marketing practices. Now, a new introduction and concluding chapter bring us up to date on the key events in that movement. This pathbreaking, prize-winning audiobook helps us understand more clearly than ever before what we eat and why. ... En savoir plus

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An accessible and balanced account, Food Politics laid the groundwork for today's food revolution and changed the way we respond to food industry marketing practices. Now, a new introduction and concluding chapter bring us up to date on the key events in that movement. This pathbreaking, prize-winning audiobook helps us understand more clearly than ever before what we eat and why.
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Où vont les larmes quand elles sèchent

par Baptiste Beaulieu ...

Lu par Thomas Marceul ...

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4 heure 51 min

Jean a trente-six ans. Il fume trop, mâche des chewing-gums à la menthe et fait ses visites de médecin de famille à vélo. Il a supprimé son numéro de portable sur ses ordonnances. Son cabinet médical n’a plus de site Internet. Il a trop de patients : jusqu’au soir, ils débordent de la salle d’attente, dans le couloir, sur le patio.Tous les jours, Jean entend des histoires. Parfois il les lit ... En savoir plus

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Jean a trente-six ans. Il fume trop, mâche des chewing-gums à la menthe et fait ses visites de médecin de famille à vélo. Il a supprimé son numéro de portable sur ses ordonnances. Son cabinet médical n’a plus de site Internet. Il a trop de patients : jusqu’au soir, ils débordent de la salle d’attente, dans le couloir, sur le patio.Tous les jours, Jean entend des histoires. Parfois il les lit
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Medical Downfall of the Tudors

Sex, Reproduction & Succession

par Sylvia Barbara Soberton ...

Lu par Christine Rendel ...

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10 heure 12 min

The Tudor dynasty died out because there was no heir of Elizabeth I's body to succeed her. Henry VIII, despite his six marriages, had produced no legitimate son who would live into old age. Three of the reigning Tudors (Edward VI, Mary I, and Elizabeth I) died without heirs apparent, the most tragic case being that of Mary Tudor, who went through two recorded cases of phantom pregnancy. If it were ... En savoir plus

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The Tudor dynasty died out because there was no heir of Elizabeth I's body to succeed her. Henry VIII, despite his six marriages, had produced no legitimate son who would live into old age. Three of the reigning Tudors (Edward VI, Mary I, and Elizabeth I) died without heirs apparent, the most tragic case being that of Mary Tudor, who went through two recorded cases of phantom pregnancy. If it were
... En savoir plus
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Medical Bondage

Race, Gender, and the Origins of American Gynecology

par Deirdre Cooper Owens ...

Lu par Allyson Johnson ...

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5 heure 39 min

The accomplishments of pioneering doctors such as John Peter Mettauer, James Marion Sims, and Nathan Bozeman are well documented. It is also no secret that these nineteenth-century gynecologists performed experimental caesarean sections, ovariotomies, and obstetric fistula repairs primarily on poor and powerless women. Medical Bondage breaks new ground by exploring how and why physicians denied ... En savoir plus

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The accomplishments of pioneering doctors such as John Peter Mettauer, James Marion Sims, and Nathan Bozeman are well documented. It is also no secret that these nineteenth-century gynecologists performed experimental caesarean sections, ovariotomies, and obstetric fistula repairs primarily on poor and powerless women. Medical Bondage breaks new ground by exploring how and why physicians denied
... En savoir plus
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Bad Pharma

How Drug Companies Mislead Doctors and Harm Patients

par Ben Goldacre ...

Lu par Jonathan Cowley ...

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11 heure 54 min

Medicine is broken. We like to imagine that it's based on evidence and the results of fair tests. In reality, those tests are often profoundly flawed. We like to imagine that doctors are familiar with the research literature surrounding a drug, when in reality much of the research is hidden from them by drug companies. We like to imagine that doctors are impartially educated, when in reality much ... En savoir plus

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Medicine is broken. We like to imagine that it's based on evidence and the results of fair tests. In reality, those tests are often profoundly flawed. We like to imagine that doctors are familiar with the research literature surrounding a drug, when in reality much of the research is hidden from them by drug companies. We like to imagine that doctors are impartially educated, when in reality much
... En savoir plus
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Medical Terminology For Dummies

3rd Edition

par Beverley Henderson, CMT-R, HRT, Jennifer L. Dorsey, PhD ...

Lu par Randye Kaye ...

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12 heure 40 min

Every job in the medical field needs some background in medical terminology. From the check-in desk to the doctor to the pharmaceutical sales rep, and everyone around and in between, healthcare professionals and those in adjacent fields use a common and consistent vocabulary to improve quality, safety, and efficiency.Medical Terminology For Dummies is a powerful resource for current and ... En savoir plus

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Every job in the medical field needs some background in medical terminology. From the check-in desk to the doctor to the pharmaceutical sales rep, and everyone around and in between, healthcare professionals and those in adjacent fields use a common and consistent vocabulary to improve quality, safety, and efficiency.Medical Terminology For Dummies is a powerful resource for current and
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Patient Zero and the Making of the AIDS Epidemic

par Richard A. McKay ...

Lu par Paul Woodson ...

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12 heure 32 min

In Patient Zero, Richard A. McKay presents a carefully documented and sensitively written account of the life of Gaétan Dugas, a gay man whose skin cancer diagnosis in 1980 took on very different meanings as the HIV/AIDS epidemic developed—and who received widespread posthumous infamy when he was incorrectly identified as patient zero of the North American outbreak. McKay shows how investigators ... En savoir plus

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In Patient Zero, Richard A. McKay presents a carefully documented and sensitively written account of the life of Gaétan Dugas, a gay man whose skin cancer diagnosis in 1980 took on very different meanings as the HIV/AIDS epidemic developed—and who received widespread posthumous infamy when he was incorrectly identified as patient zero of the North American outbreak. McKay shows how investigators
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The Doctors' Plague

Germs, Childbed Fever, and the Strange Story of Ignac Semmelweis

par Sherwin B. Nuland ...

Lu par Peter Lerman ...

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5 heure 15 min

Surgeon, scholar, bestselling author, Sherwin B. Nuland tells the strange story of Ignác Semmelweis with urgency and the insight gained from his own studies and clinical experience.Ignác Semmelweis is remembered for the now-commonplace notion that doctors must wash their hands before examining patients. In mid-nineteenth-century Vienna, however, this was a subversive idea. With deaths from ... En savoir plus

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Surgeon, scholar, bestselling author, Sherwin B. Nuland tells the strange story of Ignác Semmelweis with urgency and the insight gained from his own studies and clinical experience.Ignác Semmelweis is remembered for the now-commonplace notion that doctors must wash their hands before examining patients. In mid-nineteenth-century Vienna, however, this was a subversive idea. With deaths from
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Medieval Bodies

Life and Death in the Middle Ages

par Jack Hartnell ...

Lu par Michael Page ...

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8 heure 26 min

Just like us, medieval men and women worried about growing old, got blisters and indigestion, fell in love, and had children. And yet their lives were full of miraculous and richly metaphorical experiences radically different from our own, unfolding in a world where deadly wounds might be healed overnight by divine intervention, or where the heart of a king, plucked from his corpse, could be held ... En savoir plus

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Just like us, medieval men and women worried about growing old, got blisters and indigestion, fell in love, and had children. And yet their lives were full of miraculous and richly metaphorical experiences radically different from our own, unfolding in a world where deadly wounds might be healed overnight by divine intervention, or where the heart of a king, plucked from his corpse, could be held
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Maintenant ou jamais !

La transition du milieu de vie

par Christophe Fauré ...

Lu par François Barruel ...

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7 heure 45 min

Crise de la quarantaine ? De la cinquantaine ? Trop d’idées fausses circulent sur le milieu de la vie. Entre 40 et 55 ans, il ne s’agit pas d’une crise mais d’une transition, inévitable, riche en promesses et en opportunités. Afin d’envisager et de traverser sereinement cette étape essentielle de l’existence, il est important de bien comprendre ce qui se passe alors en nous.Avec la sensibilité qui ... En savoir plus

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Crise de la quarantaine ? De la cinquantaine ? Trop d’idées fausses circulent sur le milieu de la vie. Entre 40 et 55 ans, il ne s’agit pas d’une crise mais d’une transition, inévitable, riche en promesses et en opportunités. Afin d’envisager et de traverser sereinement cette étape essentielle de l’existence, il est important de bien comprendre ce qui se passe alors en nous.Avec la sensibilité qui
... En savoir plus
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La Mort en face

par Philippe Boxho ...

Lu par Philippe Boxho ...

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6 heure 58 min

« Ce qui a motivé mon choix de la médecine légale ? Le hasard. J’avais 18 ans, l’âge où tout est possible, et la prêtrise me tentait beaucoup, j’adorais étudier les évangiles, rencontrer les gens, aider ceux qui en avaient besoin, et je me sentais prêt à m’y engager. Mais j’ai choisi de faire des études de médecine et au terme de ma première année, j’ai croisé l’évêque de Liège, que je connaissais ... En savoir plus

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« Ce qui a motivé mon choix de la médecine légale ? Le hasard. J’avais 18 ans, l’âge où tout est possible, et la prêtrise me tentait beaucoup, j’adorais étudier les évangiles, rencontrer les gens, aider ceux qui en avaient besoin, et je me sentais prêt à m’y engager. Mais j’ai choisi de faire des études de médecine et au terme de ma première année, j’ai croisé l’évêque de Liège, que je connaissais
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Religio Medici: The Religion of a Doctor

par Sir Thomas Browne ...

Lu par Gil Anders ...

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3 heure 51 min

‘Religio Medici: The Religion of a Doctor’ (1643) by Sir Thomas Browne is an explanation and analysis of the author’s religious belief in relation to his profession as a medical doctor. As such, it is a spiritual testament and a psychological self-portrait based on the Christian virtues of faith, hope and charity. In the preface, Browne explains that his text is not a scholarly work, requesting ... En savoir plus

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‘Religio Medici: The Religion of a Doctor’ (1643) by Sir Thomas Browne is an explanation and analysis of the author’s religious belief in relation to his profession as a medical doctor. As such, it is a spiritual testament and a psychological self-portrait based on the Christian virtues of faith, hope and charity. In the preface, Browne explains that his text is not a scholarly work, requesting
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The Social Transformation of American Medicine

The Rise of a Sovereign Profession and the Making of a Vast Industry

par Paul Starr ...

Lu par Sean Runnette ...

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24 heure 5 min

Considered the definitive history of the American healthcare system, The Social Transformation of American Medicine examines how the roles of doctors, hospitals, health plans, and government programs have evolved over the last two and a half centuries. How did the financially insecure medical profession of the nineteenth century become a most prosperous one in the twentieth century? Why was ... En savoir plus

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Considered the definitive history of the American healthcare system, The Social Transformation of American Medicine examines how the roles of doctors, hospitals, health plans, and government programs have evolved over the last two and a half centuries. How did the financially insecure medical profession of the nineteenth century become a most prosperous one in the twentieth century? Why was
... En savoir plus
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Telling Lies

Clues to Deceit in the Marketplace, Politics, and Marriage

par Paul Ekman ...

Lu par Stephen Bowlby ...

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12 heure 16 min

From breaking the law to breaking a promise, how do people lie and how can they be caught?In this revised edition, Paul Ekman, a renowned expert in emotions research and nonverbal communication, adds a new chapter to present his latest research on his groundbreaking inquiry into lying and the methods for uncovering lies. Ekman has figured out the most important behavioral clues to deceit; he has ... En savoir plus

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From breaking the law to breaking a promise, how do people lie and how can they be caught?In this revised edition, Paul Ekman, a renowned expert in emotions research and nonverbal communication, adds a new chapter to present his latest research on his groundbreaking inquiry into lying and the methods for uncovering lies. Ekman has figured out the most important behavioral clues to deceit; he has
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Skin Rules

Expert advice that you can trust

par Caroline Hirons ...

Lu par Caroline Hirons ...

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6 heure 38 min

One book. Every skin type. Every stage of life. All the skincare advice you'll ever need.From viral TikTok trends and miracle ingredients to ten-step routines and products promising to transform your face overnight, skincare has never been more confusing. What works? What's a waste of money? And what does YOUR skin really need?Enter Caroline Hirons, the Queen of Skincare.With over 400,000 copies ... En savoir plus

$28.99 CAD

One book. Every skin type. Every stage of life. All the skincare advice you'll ever need.From viral TikTok trends and miracle ingredients to ten-step routines and products promising to transform your face overnight, skincare has never been more confusing. What works? What's a waste of money? And what does YOUR skin really need?Enter Caroline Hirons, the Queen of Skincare.With over 400,000 copies
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Je suis épuisé.e

Anxiété, surmenage, burn-out : le guide pour reprendre le contrôle

par Cathy Assenheim ...

Lu par Catherine Creux ...

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5 heure 17 min

Anxiété, surmenage, burn-out... ce n'est pas que dans la tête ! L'épuisement est une réalité physiologique, et ce livre vous donne les clés pour lutter efficacement contre lui.Dans ce livre, Cathy Assenheim vous éclaire et vous aide à :comprendre les causes nerveuses et hormonales des symptômes typiques ;interpréter les signaux d'alerte physiologiques avant qu'il ne soit trop tard ;faire le point ... En savoir plus

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Anxiété, surmenage, burn-out... ce n'est pas que dans la tête ! L'épuisement est une réalité physiologique, et ce livre vous donne les clés pour lutter efficacement contre lui.Dans ce livre, Cathy Assenheim vous éclaire et vous aide à :comprendre les causes nerveuses et hormonales des symptômes typiques ;interpréter les signaux d'alerte physiologiques avant qu'il ne soit trop tard ;faire le point
... En savoir plus
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Dr. Mary's Monkey

How the Unsolved Murder of a Doctor, a Secret Laboratory in New Orleans and Cancer-Causing Monkey Viruses Are Linked to Lee Harvey Oswald, the JFK Assassination and Emerging Global Epidemics

par Edward T. Haslam ...

Lu par Jim Meskimen ...

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9 heure 53 min

The 1964 murder of a nationally known cancer researcher sets the stagefor this gripping exposé of medical professionals enmeshed in covertgovernment operations over the course of three decades. Following atrail of police records, FBI files, cancer statistics, and medicaljournals, this revealing book presents evidence of a web of medicalsecret-keeping that began with the handling of evidence in the ... En savoir plus

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The 1964 murder of a nationally known cancer researcher sets the stagefor this gripping exposé of medical professionals enmeshed in covertgovernment operations over the course of three decades. Following atrail of police records, FBI files, cancer statistics, and medicaljournals, this revealing book presents evidence of a web of medicalsecret-keeping that began with the handling of evidence in the
... En savoir plus
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The Distracted Mind

Ancient Brains in a High-Tech World

par Adam Gazzaley, Larry D. Rosen ...

Lu par Chris Sorensen ...

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10 heure 56 min

A “brilliant and practical” study of why our brain isn’t built for media multitasking—and how we can learn to live with technology in a more balanced way (Jack Kornfield, author of The Wise Heart**).**Includes practical strategies for fighting digital distraction—straight from a neuroscientist and a psychologist!Most of us will freely admit that we are obsessed with our devices. We pride ourselves ... En savoir plus

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A “brilliant and practical” study of why our brain isn’t built for media multitasking—and how we can learn to live with technology in a more balanced way (Jack Kornfield, author of The Wise Heart**).**Includes practical strategies for fighting digital distraction—straight from a neuroscientist and a psychologist!Most of us will freely admit that we are obsessed with our devices. We pride ourselves
... En savoir plus
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Healing Politics

A Doctor’s Journey into the Heart of Our Political Epidemic

par Abdul El-Sayed ...

Lu par Abdul El-Sayed, Ady Barkan ...

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10 heure 1 min

A child of immigrants, Abdul El-Sayed grew up feeling a responsibility to help others. He threw himself into the study of medicine and excelled—winning a Rhodes Scholarship, earning two advanced degrees, and landing a tenure-track position at Columbia University. At age thirty, he became the youngest city health official in America, tasked with rebuilding Detroit’s health department after years of ... En savoir plus

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A child of immigrants, Abdul El-Sayed grew up feeling a responsibility to help others. He threw himself into the study of medicine and excelled—winning a Rhodes Scholarship, earning two advanced degrees, and landing a tenure-track position at Columbia University. At age thirty, he became the youngest city health official in America, tasked with rebuilding Detroit’s health department after years of
... En savoir plus
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Asperger's Children

The Origins of Autism in Nazi Vienna

par Edith Sheffer ...

Lu par Christa Lewis ...

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9 heure 33 min

In 1930s and 1940s Vienna, child psychiatrist Hans Asperger sought to define autism as a diagnostic category, aiming to treat those children, usually boys, he deemed capable of participating fully in society. Depicted as a compassionate and devoted researcher, Asperger was in fact deeply influenced by Nazi psychiatry. Although he did offer individualized care to children he deemed promising, he ... En savoir plus

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In 1930s and 1940s Vienna, child psychiatrist Hans Asperger sought to define autism as a diagnostic category, aiming to treat those children, usually boys, he deemed capable of participating fully in society. Depicted as a compassionate and devoted researcher, Asperger was in fact deeply influenced by Nazi psychiatry. Although he did offer individualized care to children he deemed promising, he
... En savoir plus
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Medicare for All

A Citizen's Guide

par Abdul El-Sayed, Micah Johnson ...

Lu par Christopher Grove ...

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8 heure 36 min

A citizen's guide to America's most debated policy-in-waiting.There are few issues as consequential in the lives of Americans as health care—and few issues more politically vexing. Every single American will interact with the health care system at some point in their lives, and most people will find that interaction less than satisfactory. And yet for every dollar spent in our economy, nineteen ... En savoir plus

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A citizen's guide to America's most debated policy-in-waiting.There are few issues as consequential in the lives of Americans as health care—and few issues more politically vexing. Every single American will interact with the health care system at some point in their lives, and most people will find that interaction less than satisfactory. And yet for every dollar spent in our economy, nineteen
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Your Consent Is Not Required

The Rise in Psychiatric Detentions, Forced Treatment, and Abusive Guardianships

par Rob Wipond ...

Lu par Jonathan Todd Ross ...

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13 heure 31 min

Asylums are supposed to be in the past. However, though the buildings were closed, many of the practices lived on. In fact, more law-abiding Americans today are being involuntarily committed and forcibly treated "for their own good" than at any time in history.In the first work of investigative journalism in decades to give a comprehensive view into contemporary psychiatric incarceration and ... En savoir plus

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Asylums are supposed to be in the past. However, though the buildings were closed, many of the practices lived on. In fact, more law-abiding Americans today are being involuntarily committed and forcibly treated "for their own good" than at any time in history.In the first work of investigative journalism in decades to give a comprehensive view into contemporary psychiatric incarceration and
... En savoir plus
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The Hidden History of American Healthcare

Why Sickness Bankrupts You and Makes Others Insanely Rich

par Thom Hartmann ...

Lu par Sean Pratt ...

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3 heure 49 min

Popular progressive radio host and New York Times bestselling author Thom Hartmann reveals how and why attempts to implement affordable universal healthcare in the United States have been thwarted and what we can do to finally make it a reality."For-profit health insurance is the largest con job ever perpetrated on the American people-one that has cost trillions of dollars and millions of lives ... En savoir plus

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Popular progressive radio host and New York Times bestselling author Thom Hartmann reveals how and why attempts to implement affordable universal healthcare in the United States have been thwarted and what we can do to finally make it a reality."For-profit health insurance is the largest con job ever perpetrated on the American people-one that has cost trillions of dollars and millions of lives
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