Six decades ago, researchers achieved the impossible: a treatment
that made kidney failure a manageable condition instead of a death
sentence. And yet, in the hands of a predatory medical industry,
this triumph led to skyrocketing costs and worsening care. A
gripping microcosm of American health care gone wrong, How to
Make a Killing recounts how the optimism of the 1950s and
1960s—when transplants and early dialysis machines offered
hope—gave way to anguished debates about the ethics of rationing
(and profiting from) life-saving care. After Congress made renal
disease the only “Medicare for All” condition, Big Dialysis
proliferated, and the Hippocratic oath gave way to the profit
motive. A triumph of investigative research, Tom Mueller’s book
features an unforgettable cast of characters: CEOs who dress as
Musketeers to exhort more aggressive profit-seeking, nephrologist
insiders who reveal the substandard care this causes, and heroic
patients who risk their lives to reveal the truth.
General
Imprint: |
W W Norton & Co Inc
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
July 2023 |
Authors: |
Tom Mueller
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Dimensions: |
239 x 160 x 25mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover - Cloth over boards
|
Pages: |
288 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-393-86651-3 |
Categories: |
Books
|
LSN: |
0-393-86651-3 |
Barcode: |
9780393866513 |
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