#1 New York Times BestsellerIn Being Mortal, bestselling author Atul Gawande tackles the hardest challenge of his profession: how medicine can not only improve life but also the process of its endingMedicine has triumphed in modern times, transforming birth, injury, and infectious disease from harrowing to manageable. But in the inevitable condition of aging and death, the goals of medicine seem too frequently to run counter to the interest of the human spirit. Nursing homes, preoccupied with safety, pin patients into railed beds and wheelchairs. Hospitals isolate the dying, checking for vital signs long after the goals of cure have become moot. Doctors, committed to extending life, continue to carry out devastating procedures that in the end extend suffering.Gawande, a practicing surgeon, addresses his profession's ultimate limitation, arguing that quality of life is the desired goal for patients and families. Gawande offers examples of freer, more socially fulfilling models for assisting the infirm and dependent elderly, and he explores the varieties of hospice care to demonstrate that a person's last weeks or months may be rich and dignified.Full of eye-opening research and riveting storytelling, Being Mortal asserts that medicine can comfort and enhance our experience even to the end, providing not only a good life but also a good end. Read more

“People are becoming more aware of the corruption that infiltrates almost every meaningful aspect of American life. Dr. Tenpenny has worked tirelessly and bravely for decades to serve as a guide and beacon for truth—a true warrior for the preservation of human dignity. The time to act is now and readers will undoubtedly find her new book to be filled with invaluable, disturbing, and enlightening insights”– Dr. Joseph Ladapo, Author of Transcend Fear: A Blueprint for Mindful Leadership in Public Health, Professor, University of Florida College of Medicine and Surgeon General of Florida___They told you it was safe. They told you it was necessary. They lied.Zero Accountability in a Failed System: What You Were Never Supposed to KnowFor decades, powerful forces in government, Big Pharma, and public health agencies have crafted a master plan—one designed to control, deceive, and profit from a trusting population. But now, the truth is laid bare.In this explosive exposé, Dr. Sherri Tenpenny unveils the sinister blueprint behind pandemic profiteering, vaccine corruption, and the weaponization of public health. The carefully orchestrated deception runs deeper than you ever imagined, with legal loopholes, rigged compensation programs, and fear-based propaganda ensuring that those responsible for mass suffering never face justice.What you’ll discover inside will leave you outraged:The terrifying collusion between Big Pharma and government agencies, ensuring profit takes precedence over human lives.How rushed, experimental vaccines have left millions permanently injured—and why victims are locked out of justice.The shocking truth behind the Countermeasure Injury Compensation Program (CICP) and why it was designed to fail the injured.How fear was weaponized—from bird flu to COVID-19—to create mass compliance and silence dissenting voices.The decades-old plan to strip away medical freedom and push humanity into a perpetual cycle of dependency and control.This isn’t just another book—it’s a bombshell revelation of corruption on an unprecedented scale. If you think you know the truth, think again.They don’t want you to know what’s inside. But once you do, you’ll never see the world the same way again.___Zero Accountability in a Failed System is one of the most important works about one of the most pivotal moments in human history. It is a must-read for anyone who values health, truth, and freedom. The first step toward detoxifying our world and reclaiming our God-given intelligence is to open this book and start reading.– Mikki Willis,Father/FilmmakerAt a time when truth is emerging from the shadows, this book serves as both a reckoning and a call to action. With incisive analysis and unwavering courage, Dr. Tenpenny dismantles the façade of public health and exposes the deception that has harmed generations. This work is not just timely—it is essential for those who seek to reclaim autonomy over their health and future.”– Sayer Ji, Author, Speaker and Founder and CEO of Greenmed InfoIf you're ready to ditch the Kool-Aid and embrace the truth, this book is your essential guide to navigating a system that prioritizes profit over people – Reinette Senum, former California Governor candidate, Author, Filmmaker, Activist, and Founder of GenSeven and Save Our Skies. Read more

HOW YOU CAN SURVIVE “HEALTHCARE,” THE LARGEST AND MOST CORRUPT INDUSTRY IN AMERICA. Robert Yoho, MD, a top physician, has written this award-winning book to help you see through the lies, handle hospitals, find trustworthy doctors, and master your drugs.Learn how to avoid disgracefully ineffective and overused treatments such as:✪Angioplasty and coronary artery bypass surgery✪Low back and endoscopic knee surgeries✪Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)✪Hysterectomies and Caesarean sectionsLearn how toxic medications destroy health and how to quit them.✪70 percent of us take prescription drugs, 20% of us more than five✪A 6th of us take psych drugs, causing brain damage and early death✪Cholesterol medicines are nearly worthless but are used by one in ten✪Opioids: millions take them and fifty thousand die of overdoses yearly✪Most cancer treatments are complete failures✪Generic medications are often weak or ineffectiveLearn how big Pharma sells drugs by faking their studies. Understand the lies they stuff into websites and medical journals. Learn why it all gets ignored (hint: Pharma has the largest criminal settlements in history).Learn how to conquer healthcare costs. Medical spending per-person is double that of other countries and it is the top reason for US personal bankruptcy. I will show you how to escape the over-billing and prosper anyway.Money short-circuits everyone’s integrity. But if you read this book and learn the system, you can find first-rate healthcare at reasonable prices. Pick up your copy of Butchered by “Healthcare” today by clicking the BUY NOW button at the top of this page!RobertYohoAuthor.comDISCLAIMER: This is not medical advice. Make your healthcare decisions with the help of a licensed provider. Read more

A New York Times bestseller/Washington Post Notable Book of 2017/NPR Best Books of 2017/Wall Street Journal Best Books of 2017 "This book will serve as the definitive guide to the past and future of health care in America.”—Siddhartha Mukherjee, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Emperor of All Maladies and The Gene  At a moment of drastic political upheaval, An American Sickness is a shocking investigation into our dysfunctional healthcare system - and offers practical solutions to its myriad problems. In these troubled times, perhaps no institution has unraveled more quickly and more completely than American medicine. In only a few decades, the medical system has been overrun by organizations seeking to exploit for profit the trust that vulnerable and sick Americans place in their healthcare. Our politicians have proven themselves either unwilling or incapable of reining in the increasingly outrageous costs faced by patients, and market-based solutions only seem to funnel larger and larger sums of our money into the hands of corporations. Impossibly high insurance premiums and inexplicably large bills have become facts of life; fatalism has set in. Very quickly Americans have been made to accept paying more for less. How did things get so bad so fast? Breaking down this monolithic business into the individual industries—the hospitals, doctors, insurance companies, and drug manufacturers—that together constitute our healthcare system, Rosenthal exposes the recent evolution of American medicine as never before. How did healthcare, the caring endeavor, become healthcare, the highly profitable industry? Hospital systems, which are managed by business executives, behave like predatory lenders, hounding patients and seizing their homes. Research charities are in bed with big pharmaceutical companies, which surreptitiously profit from the donations made by working people. Patients receive bills in code, from entrepreneurial doctors they never even saw.  The system is in tatters, but we can fight back. Dr. Elisabeth Rosenthal doesn't just explain the symptoms, she diagnoses and treats the disease itself. In clear and practical terms, she spells out exactly how to decode medical doublespeak, avoid the pitfalls of the pharmaceuticals racket, and get the care you and your family deserve. She takes you inside the doctor-patient relationship and to hospital C-suites, explaining step-by-step the workings of a system badly lacking transparency. This is about what we can do, as individual patients, both to navigate the maze that is American healthcare and also to demand far-reaching reform. An American Sickness is the frontline defense against a healthcare system that no longer has our well-being at heart. Read more

No human activity can ever be free from error, but to be clear, this book is not about the kind of error all human beings are prone to.As you will learn from the eye-witness accounts and technical information presented in this book, calling the failed COVID protocols “errors” is not accurate.What The Nurses Saw — It was Murder.These protocols were explicitly ordered by those who took dictatorial control of the medical system early in the Panic (spring of 2020). Further, when they were shown to be demonstrably failing and harming many thousands of people, experienced healthcare professionals who raised informed concerns were silenced through demotion, firing, and organized campaigns of harassment promoted by the news media and enabled by companies like Google, Facebook, Twitter, and TikTok, in some cases in collaboration with the White House and the Department of Justice’s FBI. If this sounds very bad, it’s because it is.What the Nurses Saw is documentation of what happens in the real world when bureaucrats, in this case bureaucrats in Washington DC, take literal dictatorial control over the practice of medicine.On a pure dollar and cents level, one of every five dollars spent in the U.S. is spent on the products of the medical services industry, as is one of every three tax dollars. The U.S., more than any country in the world, and by a large measure, has been colonized by this industry. As part of this process, the industry and its operatives have corrupted and perverted science, academia, and the news media. Now it’s hard at work to weaken and degrade the last pillar that keeps the system even remotely functioning — the integrity of the nursing profession.If we fail to support our good nurses, help them hold the line, and start aggressively turning things around, there is no practical limit to how far this totalitarian medical dictatorship which we in fact live under will go in its future abuse and exploitation of human beings.Featuring in-depth interviews with:Erin Marie Olszewski,Mark Bishofsky,Sarah Choujounian,Kevin Corbett Ph.D.,AJ DePriest,Ashley Grogg,Kristen Nagle,Kimberly Overton,Nicole Sirotekand Katie Spence Read more

The preeminent doctor and bioethicist Ezekiel Emanuel is repeatedly asked one question: Which country has the best healthcare? He set off to find an answer.The US spends more than any other nation, nearly $4 trillion, on healthcare. Yet, for all that expense, the US is not ranked #1 -- not even close.In Which Country Has the World's Best Healthcare? Ezekiel Emanuel profiles eleven of the world's healthcare systems in pursuit of the best or at least where excellence can be found. Using a unique comparative structure, the book allows healthcare professionals, patients, and policymakers alike to know which systems perform well, and why, and which face endemic problems. From Taiwan to Germany, Australia to Switzerland, the most inventive healthcare providers tackle a global set of challenges -- in pursuit of the best healthcare in the world. Read more

Over the past half-century, the social terrain of health and illness has been transformed. What were once considered normal human events and common human problems—birth, aging, menopause, alcoholism, and obesity—are now viewed as medical conditions. For better or worse, medicine increasingly permeates aspects of daily life.Building on more than three decades of research, Peter Conrad explores the changing forces behind this trend with case studies of short stature, social anxiety, "male menopause," erectile dysfunction, adult ADHD, and sexual orientation. He examines the emergence of and changes in medicalization, the consequences of the expanding medical domain, and the implications for health and society. He finds in recent developments—such as the growing number of possible diagnoses and biomedical enhancements—the future direction of medicalization. Conrad contends that the impact of medical professionals on medicalization has diminished. Instead, the pharmaceutical and biotechnical industries, insurance companies and HMOs, and the patient as consumer have become the major forces promoting medicalization. This thought-provoking study offers valuable insight into not only how medicalization got to this point but also how it may continue to evolve. Read more

How do policy and politics influence the social conditions that generate health outcomes?Reduced life expectancy, worsening health outcomes, health inequity, and declining health care options—these are now realities for most Americans. However, in a country of more than 325 million people, addressing everyone's issues is challenging. How can we effect beneficial change for everyone so we all can thrive? What is the great equalizer? In this book, Daniel E. Dawes argues that political determinants of health create the social drivers—including poor environmental conditions, inadequate transportation, unsafe neighborhoods, and lack of healthy food options—that affect all other dynamics of health. By understanding these determinants, their origins, and their impact on the equitable distribution of opportunities and resources, we will be better equipped to develop and implement actionable solutions to close the health gap.Dawes draws on his firsthand experience helping to shape major federal policies, including the Affordable Care Act, to describe the history of efforts to address the political determinants that have resulted in health inequities. Taking us further upstream to the underlying source of the causes of inequities, Dawes examines the political decisions that lead to our social conditions, makes the social determinants of health more accessible, and provides a playbook for how we can address them effectively. A thought-provoking and evocative account that considers both the policies we think of as "health policy" and those that we don't, The Political Determinants of Health provides a novel, multidisciplinary framework for addressing the systemic barriers preventing the United States from becoming the healthiest nation in the world. Read more

In 2014, California suffered the largest and deadliest outbreak of pertussis, also known as "whooping cough," in more than fifty years. This tragedy was avoidable. An effective vaccine has been available since the 1940s. In recent years other diseases, like measles and mumps, have also made a comeback. The reason for these epidemics can be traced to a group whose vocal proponents insist, despite evidence to the contrary, that vaccines are poison. As a consequence, parents and caretakers are rejecting vaccines for themselves and their families. In Deadly Choices, infectious-disease expert Paul Offit takes a look behind the curtain of the anti-vaccine movement. What he finds is a reminder of the power of scientific knowledge, and the harm we risk if we ignore it. Read more

The result of a collaboration between the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, this NAM Special Publication summarizes and builds upon a meeting series in which a multistakeholder group of experts discussed the potential of clinical decision support (CDS) to transform care delivery by ameliorating the burden that expanding clinical knowledge and care and choice complexity place on the finite time and attention of clinicians, patients, and members of the care team. This summary also includes highlights from discussions about addressing the barriers to realizing the full benefits of CDS-facilitated value improvement. Optimizing Strategies for Clinical Decision Support: Summary of Meeting Series identifies the need for a continuously learning health system driven by the seamless and rapid generation, processing, and practical application of the best available evidence for clinical decision-making, and lays out a series of actionable, collaborative next steps to optimize strategies for adoption and use of clinical decision support. Read more

Does our healthcare system really care about you?How did a 33-year-old mother of two children and former wife of the author end up in the ICU with less than 10% chance of survival?Are you concerned or even scared to trust what you expect to receive as medical care today? Too many mistakes and wrongful procedures with little accountability.As a physician-scientist and quality improvement director Dr. Frederick Southwick has searched for answers to a failing healthcare system. Ironically, during Southwick’s quest to find an answer, he also suffered a medical error resulting in the loss of his leg.As a patient his concerns about the medical error that led to his disability were silenced. His perspective as both an injured patient and a front-line physician provide unique insights into the challenges and solutions for transforming our costly and error-prone healthcare systems.Playing with Bees is his answer. His book explores several levels: the challenge of improving safety in medicine; a deep look into author’s first hand experiences; and insights into how he thinks as an expert as he addresses a myriad of healthcare issues.The writing is crisp and easy to read, the fast-paced narrative flowing like a novel. Who would have thought that honeybees could provide many of the answers. The reader comes away with a new appreciation of the dangers of medical care and with hope for a safer future. Read more

This study of Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) casts new light on the organization’s founding principles, distinctive culture, and inner struggles to realize more fully its "without borders" transnational vision.Pioneering medical sociologist Renée C. Fox spent nearly twenty years conducting extensive ethnographic research within MSF, a private international medical humanitarian organization that was created in 1971 and awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1999. With unprecedented access, Fox attended MSF meetings and observed doctors and other workers in the field. She interviewed MSF members and participants and analyzed the content of such documents as communications between MSF staff members within the offices of its various headquarters, communications between headquarters and the field, and transcripts of internal group discussions and meetings. Fox weaves these threads of information into a rich tapestry of the MSF experience that reveals the dual perspectives of an insider and an observer. The book begins with moving, detailed accounts from the blogs of women and men working for MSF in the field. From there, Fox chronicles the organization’s early history and development, paying special attention to its struggles during the first decades of its existence to clarify and implement its principles. The core of the book is centered on her observations in the field of MSF’s efforts to combat a rampant epidemic of HIV/AIDS in postapartheid South Africa and the organization’s response to two challenges in postsocialist Russia: an enormous surge in homelessness on the streets of Moscow and a massive epidemic of tuberculosis in the penal colonies of Siberia. Fox’s accounts of these crises exemplify MSF’s struggles to provide for thousands of people in need when both the populations and the aid workers are in danger.Enriched by vivid photographs of MSF operations and by ironic, self-critical cartoons drawn by a member of the Communications Department of MSF France, Doctors Without Borders highlights the bold mission of the renowned international humanitarian organization even as it demonstrates the intrinsic dilemmas of humanitarian action. Read more

The leading guide to the principles and clinical applications of evidence-based medicine―updated with new examples and new chapters A Doody's Core Title for 2022 & 2024!Revised and updated to reflect the latest in medical research and evidence-based resourcesPractical focus and organization to guide clinicians through the fundamentals of using the medical literature to the more advanced strategies and skills for use in patient care, using the key questions to assess any new research:What are the results?How serious is the risk of bias?How do I apply the results to patient care?Updated real-world examples drawn from the medical literatureNew chapters that reflect the changing complexity of medical research and literature, including genetic association studies, systematic reviews and meta-analyses, network meta-analysis, noninferiority trials, quality improvement, and evidence-based medicine and the theory of knowledgeNew emphasis on understanding the role of patient preferences and preappraised resources that provide updated evidence and evidence-based recommendations for practice Read more

Now in its 10th edition, this best-selling introductory text, valued for its balanced overview of the U.S. health care system, has been fully updated to help students stay at the forefront of the dynamic and complex health care field.Jonas' Introduction to the U.S. Health Care System continues to offer a foundational framework that concisely explains the core elements and functions of the system. The text provides an essential understanding of the current state of the health care system, as well as the factors influencing its future state. Students also benefit from the special emphasis given to the evolution of the health care system and to identification of the underlying values that influence health care policy.Well-organized and easily accessible, the 10th edition prepares the next generation of health care leaders—from health care management, public health, medicine, nursing, allied health, and health policy—to comprehend the variety of forces that shape the field in which they will practice so they can navigate change and improve the health system's record on quality, safety, value, access, and equity.New to the 10th Edition:Expanded coverage of telehealth, advanced consumer medical devices, apps, and remote patient monitoringUpdated treatment of the social and political determinants of healthDiscussion of the COVID-19 pandemic including the health care system's resiliency in the face of adversityUpdated content on the diverse health care workforce and its functionsDiscussion of important financing issues including value-based care and alternative payment models as well as the impact of private equity funding, consolidation, and consumerismSignificantly updated sections across the continuum of care including self-care, adult day services, hospice, long-term care, and othersKey FeaturesThe most concise and balanced introduction to the U.S. health care systemEngaging visual content including cartoons, graphs, and tables that consolidate key information about health care system performance, workforce trends, health care financing, and policy changesQualified instructors have access to this edition's expanded Instructor Resources featuring new learning activities, engaging case studies, and additional resources to supplement students' dynamic learning and interaction with the text Read more

Getting the right diagnosis is a key aspect of health care - it provides an explanation of a patient's health problem and informs subsequent health care decisions. The diagnostic process is a complex, collaborative activity that involves clinical reasoning and information gathering to determine a patient's health problem. According to Improving Diagnosis in Health Care, diagnostic errors-inaccurate or delayed diagnoses-persist throughout all settings of care and continue to harm an unacceptable number of patients. It is likely that most people will experience at least one diagnostic error in their lifetime, sometimes with devastating consequences. Diagnostic errors may cause harm to patients by preventing or delaying appropriate treatment, providing unnecessary or harmful treatment, or resulting in psychological or financial repercussions. The committee concluded that improving the diagnostic process is not only possible, but also represents a moral, professional, and public health imperative.Improving Diagnosis in Health Care a continuation of the landmark Institute of Medicine reports To Err Is Human (2000) and Crossing the Quality Chasm (2001) finds that diagnosis-and, in particular, the occurrence of diagnostic errors—has been largely unappreciated in efforts to improve the quality and safety of health care. Without a dedicated focus on improving diagnosis, diagnostic errors will likely worsen as the delivery of health care and the diagnostic process continue to increase in complexity. Just as the diagnostic process is a collaborative activity, improving diagnosis will require collaboration and a widespread commitment to change among health care professionals, health care organizations, patients and their families, researchers, and policy makers. The recommendations of Improving Diagnosis in Health Care contribute to the growing momentum for change in this crucial area of health care quality and safety. Read more

A New York Times Bestseller, with an updated explanation of the 2010 Health Reform Bill Bringing to bear his talent for explaining complex issues in a clear, engaging way, New York Times bestselling author T. R. Reid visits industrialized democracies around the world--France, Britain, Germany, Japan, and beyond--to provide a revelatory tour of successful, affordable universal health care systems. Now updated with new statistics and a plain-English explanation of the 2010 health care reform bill, The Healing of America is required reading for all those hoping to understand the state of health care in our country, and around the world. Read more

An incredibly important and captivating book for patients, families, and clinicians detailing how we’re all hurt by corporate medicine“Wendy Dean diagnoses the dangerous state of our healthcare system, illustrating the thumbscrews applied to medical professionals by their corporate overlords… Required reading for all stakeholders in healthcare.” — Danielle Ofri, MD, PhD, author of When We Do Harm: A Doctor Confronts Medical ErrorOffering examples of how to make medicine better for the healers and those they serve, If I Betray These Words profiles clinicians across the country who are tough, resourceful, and resilient, but feel trapped between the patient-first values of their Hippocratic oath and the business imperatives of a broken healthcare system.Doctors face real risks when they stand up for their patients and their oath; they may lose their license, their livelihood, and for some, even their lives.There’s a growing sense, referred to as moral injury, that doctors have their hands tied – they know what patients need but can’t get it for them because of constraints imposed by healthcare systems run like big businesses.Workforce distress in healthcare—moral injury—was a crisis long before the COVID-19 pandemic, but COVID highlighted the vulnerabilities in our healthcare systems and made it impossible to ignore the distress, with 1 in 5 American healthcare workers leaving the profession since 2020, and up to 47% of U.S. healthcare workers now planning to leave their positions by 2025.If I Betray These Words confronts the threat and broken promises of moral injury – what it is; where it comes from; how it manifests; and who’s fighting back against it. We need better healthcare—for patients and for the workforce. It’s time to act. Read more

Discover the Secret to Eliminating Burnout, Improving Well-Being, and Building A Better Future For Healthcare! Do you feel exhausted, stuck and unfulfilled? You are not alone. In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, doctors leaving the medical profession has become a global problem that can no longer be ignored. In The Doctor's Voice, Dr. Pietro Emanuele Garbelli, a specialist in Acute Internal Medicine, clinical director and thriving healthcare consultant, explores common sources of frustration with practical steps that can help medical professionals reclaim their lives and transform the healthcare field for the better. In This Ground-Breaking Book, You'll Discover: * Essential Advice For Managing Burnout In an Overworked & Underfunded System* Expert Communication Tips For Being Heard and Driving Change In Your Field* Practical Steps To Boosting Engagement, Productivity and Retention* How To Enhance Your Workplace Experience & Deliver the Best Possible Care To Your Patients* How Fit-For-Purpose Technology Can Revolutionize Your Approach To Healthcare* How To Rekindle Your Sense of Purpose & Start Feeling Like You're Making an Impact And More... A must-read for medical students, medical professionals, and healthcare providers seeking real and meaningful change, The Doctor's Voice is a window into unleashing the priceless value that doctors have to give. Praise for The Doctor's Voice: "Dr. Garbelli's excellent and original text is very timely, after a global pandemic, to give doctors the tools to cope with the daily frustrations of being a doctor and to rekindle their passion for medicine." - Dr. Sarah Frankton, FRCP, PhD, Chief Medical Officer, Consultant Physician. "Dr. Garbelli is clear, concise, and reflective, demonstrating a deep understanding of self-development, communication, and emotional well-being while offering practical solutions...an extremely engaging read from start to finish." - James Wood, Deputy General Manager, Medicine "A must-read for every doctor and anyone interested in medicine, be it a medical stakeholder, a young person entertaining a career in medicine, or a service user. Thank you, Dr. Pietro, for writing this much-needed book and for sharing your wisdom for the benefit of us all." - Dr. Anna Lukusa, General Practitioner. Read more

Newly revised and significantly updated, Jonas and Kovner's Health Care Delivery in the United States, 13th Edition continues to be a highly acclaimed and trusted resource covering all aspects of health care in the United States. This comprehensive textbook contains information on a wide array of topics, including the organization of care, population health, the fundamental challenges of health disparities, health care financing and economics, and health information technology’s role in improving care and protecting privacy. New chapters on public health preparedness and its role in mitigating effects on health and the health system, and the medical and social challenges of caring for older adults provide insight into important, ongoing challenges and what those challenges reflect about our system of care.With an increased emphasis on health disparities, population health, and health equity, this textbook includes a timely focus on how social and behavioral determinants influence health outcomes. Students will gain a deeper understanding of public health systems and their societal role and of the economic perspectives that drive health care managers and the system. Thorough coverage of the rapid changes that are reshaping our system, in addition to an evaluation of our nation’s achievement of health care value, will equip students with the critical knowledge they need to enter this dynamic and complex field. The book also includes cutting-edge, evidence-based information on preventive medicine, innovative approaches to control health care costs, initiatives to achieve high quality and value-based care, and much more from prominent scholars, practitioners, and educators within health care management, public health, population health, health policy, medical care, and nursing.Key Features:New chapters on Public Health Preparedness and Caring for Older AdultsExpanded coverage on health disparities and health equity, public health systems and their societal role, and the economic perspectives driving health care managers and the systemCareers in Focus sections provide perspectives from a range of career paths in the health sector and how they contribute to the health care workforceCase Exercises and Discussion Questions have been expanded for all chaptersDigital access to the entire text, including four supplementary eChapters that provide an engaging visual overview of trends in health care and detail the Affordable Care Act--including its history and implementation, updates to the law, and changes as a result of the COVID-19 pandemicPurchase includes digital access for use on most mobile devices or computers, and qualified instructors also have access to a full suite of instructor resources Read more

We all witness, in advertising and on supermarket shelves, the fierce competition for our food dollars. In this engrossing exposé, Marion Nestle goes behind the scenes to reveal how the competition really works and how it affects our health. The abundance of food in the United States--enough calories to meet the needs of every man, woman, and child twice over--has a downside. Our over-efficient food industry must do everything possible to persuade people to eat more--more food, more often, and in larger portions--no matter what it does to waistlines or well-being. Like manufacturing cigarettes or building weapons, making food is big business. Food companies in 2000 generated nearly $900 billion in sales. They have stakeholders to please, shareholders to satisfy, and government regulations to deal with. It is nevertheless shocking to learn precisely how food companies lobby officials, co-opt experts, and expand sales by marketing to children, members of minority groups, and people in developing countries. We learn that the food industry plays politics as well as or better than other industries, not least because so much of its activity takes place outside the public view. Editor of the 1988 Surgeon General's Report on Nutrition and Health, Nestle is uniquely qualified to lead us through the maze of food industry interests and influences. She vividly illustrates food politics in action: watered-down government dietary advice, schools pushing soft drinks, diet supplements promoted as if they were First Amendment rights. When it comes to the mass production and consumption of food, strategic decisions are driven by economics--not science, not common sense, and certainly not health. No wonder most of us are thoroughly confused about what to eat to stay healthy.An accessible and balanced account, Food Politics will forever change the way we respond to food industry marketing practices. By explaining how much the food industry influences government nutrition policies and how cleverly it links its interests to those of nutrition experts, this path-breaking book helps us understand more clearly than ever before what we eat and why. Read more