The Health Care Mess: How We Got Into It and What It Will Take To Get Out

  1. William Rifkin, MD
  1. From Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut.

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    Richmond JB, Rashi F. 320 pages. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Univ Pr; 2005. $26.95. ISBN 0674019245. Order at http://www.hup.harvard.edu.

    Field of medicine: Health care policy.

    Format: Hardcover book.

    Audience: Policymakers, practitioners, and the general public.

    Purpose: To review the historical events that led …

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