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| Genre/Form: | Popular Works |
|---|---|
| Material Type: | Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Adam Frederic Dorin |
| ISBN: | 9780275996376 0275996379 |
| OCLC Number: | 154886604 |
| Description: | xv, 187 p. ; 25 cm. |
| Contents: | Medi-terror : the stage is set -- How your doctor can kill you (without even knowing what he's done) -- Evil precedents : health care workers gone bad -- Faking it (counterfeit medicines, criminals and terrorists: the history and implications of compromised pharmaceutical security) -- Hospital and surgery center "security"-- or lack thereof, part I : overview -- Hospital and surgery center "security," part II : breaking in from the outside -- Hospital security, part III : thinking like a terrorist--the inside job -- Accreditation standards--lax or not enforced? -- Doctors' offices are vulnerable -- What we can do and must do stat (antidotes and anecdotes) -- As a patient, what you can do to protect yourself--19 tips for survival -- The power for change--one doctor at a time. |
| Series Title: | Praeger series on contemporary health and living. |
| Responsibility: | Adam Frederic Dorin. |
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<p>"Dorin, an anesthesiologist, naval officer, and medical administrator, aptly analyzes the US health care system and exposes its vulnerabilities. Who better than an anesthesiologist to look for potential weaknesses and devise a contingency plan-it is what he does every day...."Jihad and American Medicine" will open readers' eyes and prompt them to take medical security more personally. If it does, Dorin will have achieved his goal." - <p>Journal of the American Medical Association Read more...
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- Health care reform -- United States.
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