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Unabridged CDs, 6 CDs, 7 hours Read by the author A landmark book that shows us exactly how we have let health and medicine become a crisis in our society and what we can all do to resolve it. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Publisher: Penguin Audio; Unabridged edition (September 8, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0143145290
ISBN-13: 978-0143145295
Product Dimensions: 5.8 x 5.2 x 0.8 inches
Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
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Dr. Andrew Weil doesn't mince words; he joins the health care reform fray with a "radical" point of view: "Most commentators assume that the root problems are (a) how to give more people access to the present system and (b) how to pay for it. I strongly disagree." In recent weeks Weil has appeared on CNN, written articles (Google for them), and, now, released a new book, Why Our Health Matters: A Vision of Medicine That Can Transform Our Future, urging a fundamental shift from "high-tech" to "high-touch." He makes the persuasive case that our accelerating reliance on expensive medical technology and medicine have contributed greatly to ballooning health care costs: on page 70 of the book, he lists 1950 costs of U.S. care at $8 billion, 1980 costs at $212 billion, and 2009 costs at $2.5 trillion (with a T). He also estimates future costs in 2015 at $4 trillion. Even adjusting for general economic inflation and related factors, these are staggering increases that amount to one-sixth of earnings presently (p. 123). Weil insists that for this reason, "high-tech disease intervention...is obsolete." He wants less reliance on expensive pharmaceuticals, scans, surgeries, specialist ,hospital stays; and more emphasis on integrative medicine which treats patients not just for isolated symptoms but as whole persons. He wants the general practitioner to make a comeback. He wants doctors who will take personally take lengthy histories, listen carefully, recommend dietary modifications, offer exercises for stress relief, refer to practitioners of Chinese or chiropractic medicine if appropriate, etc.
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