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Author Mueller, Tom, 1963- author.

Title How to make a killing : blood, death and dollars in American medicine / Tom Mueller.

Publication Info. New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, [2023]
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Location Call No. Status
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - New Materials  617.461 MUELLER    DUE 05-18-24
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult New Materials  617.4 MUE    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - New Materials  617.461 MUELLER    DUE 05-05-24
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  617.461 MUELLER    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Adult New Materials  617.461 MUELLER    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult New Materials  616.61 MU    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description 277 pages ; 24 cm
Contents Beginnings -- The inner sea -- Dialysis in America -- Who lives, who dies -- Medical miracles, bioethics and dialysis for all -- The roll-up -- On the blood floor -- Musketeers -- The fox in the hen house -- The wisdom of the kidney.
Summary An investigative researcher discusses how the optimism of the a lifesaving technique, dialysis, invented in the 1950s that made kidney failure manageable and not a death sentence has proliferated into a dystopia of skyrocketing costs and worsening care.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-264) and index.
Subject Hemodialysis -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Medical care -- Finance.
Renal Dialysis -- ethics.
Delivery of Health Care -- economics.
MEDICAL / History.
MEDICAL / Nephrology.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Insurance / Health.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Healthcare.
Hemodialysis -- Moral and ethical aspects (OCoLC)fst00955025
Medical care -- Finance (OCoLC)fst01013800
Genre/Form Informational works (OCoLC)fst01919930
Informational works.
ISBN 9780393866513 (hardcover)
0393866513 (hardcover)
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