{"product_id":"how-we-do-harm-a-doctor-breaks-ranks-about-being-sick-in-america-paperback","title":"How We Do Harm: A Doctor Breaks Ranks about Being Sick in America - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eOtis Webb Brawley\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003ePaul Goldberg\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA startling and important expos  on the state of medicine, research, and healthcare today by the Chief Medical and Scientific Officer of the American Cancer Society\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHow We Do Harm exposes the underbelly of healthcare today--the overtreatment of the rich, the under treatment of the poor, the financial conflicts of interest that determine the care that physicians' provide, insurance companies that don't demand the best (or even the least expensive) care, and pharmaceutical companies concerned with selling drugs, regardless of whether they improve health or do harm. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDr. Otis Brawley is the chief medical and scientific officer of The American Cancer Society, an oncologist with a dazzling clinical, research, and policy career. \u003ci\u003eHow We Do Harm pulls back the curtain \u003c\/i\u003eon how medicine is really practiced in America. Brawley tells of doctors who select treatment based on payment they will receive, rather than on demonstrated scientific results; hospitals and pharmaceutical companies that seek out patients to treat even if they are not actually ill (but as long as their insurance will pay); a public primed to swallow the latest pill, no matter the cost; and rising healthcare costs for unnecessary--and often unproven--treatments that we all pay for. Brawley calls for rational healthcare, healthcare drawn from results-based, scientifically justifiable treatments, and not just the peddling of hot new drugs. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBrawley's personal history - from a childhood in the gang-ridden streets of black Detroit, to the green hallways of Grady Memorial Hospital, the largest public hospital in the U.S., to the boardrooms of The American Cancer Society--results in a passionate view of medicine and the politics of illness in America - and a deep understanding of healthcare today. \u003ci\u003eHow We Do Harm\u003c\/i\u003e is his well-reasoned manifesto for change.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDR. OTIS BRAWLEY is the chief medical and scientific officer and executive vice president of the American Cancer Society. Dr. Brawley currently serves as professor of hematology, oncology, medicine and epidemiology at Emory University. He is also a CNN medical consultant. He is a graduate of the University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine, and completed a residency in internal medicine at University Hospitals of Cleveland, Case-Western Reserve University, and a fellowship in medical oncology at the National Cancer Institute. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePAUL GOLDBERG is an award-winning investigative reporter who covers oncology for The Cancer Letter, a weekly publication focused on drug development and the politics of cancer. His articles have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The Washington Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e and he has been featured on \u003ci\u003e60 Minutes\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e20\/20, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eCNN\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNPR\u003c\/i\u003e. Goldberg is also the author of two books on the Soviet human rights movement.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.75 x 8.18 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 30, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51772615229728,"sku":"9781250015761","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/47c2a3611067e500a92663ac2f08f465.webp?v=1780409575","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/how-we-do-harm-a-doctor-breaks-ranks-about-being-sick-in-america-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}