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Solitary

Solitary

Solitary

Edited by Tyler Coburn

ISBN: 9783956796395

Publisher: Sternberg Press

Pub Date: December 27, 2022

A South Korean wellness center designed as a mock prison: on sensory deprivation, monastic life, the wellness industry, the prison-industrial complex, and the history of solitude.
Health Care Turning Point

Health Care Turning Point

Health Care Turning Point

Why Single Payer Won't Work

by Roger M. Battistella

ISBN: 9780262517256

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: February 10, 2012

An expert debunks popular misconceptions about health policy, including the merits of single-payer plans, and offers an alternative.
Conflicts of Conscience in Health Care

Conflicts of Conscience in Health Care

Conflicts of Conscience in Health Care

An Institutional Compromise

by Holly Fernandez Lynch

ISBN: 9780262515054

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: August 13, 2010

A balanced proposal that protects both a patient's access to care and a physician's ability to refuse to provide certain services for reasons of conscience.
The Healthcare Fix

The Healthcare Fix

The Healthcare Fix

Universal Insurance for All Americans

by Laurence J. Kotlikoff

ISBN: 9780262113144

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: September 7, 2007

A simple, straightforward, and foolproof proposal for universal health insurance from a noted economist.
The Price of Smoking

The Price of Smoking

The Price of Smoking

by Frank A. Sloan, Jan Ostermann, Christopher Conover, Donald H, Taylor Jr. and Gabriel Picone

ISBN: 9780262693455

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: August 11, 2006

What does a pack of cigarettes cost a smoker, the smoker's family, and society? This longitudinal study on the private and social costs of smoking calculates that the cost of smoking to a 24-year-old...
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