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For Better or Worse
Lurching from Crisis to Crisis in America's Medical Morass
by Ruth Fenner Barash
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Pub Date
Aug 08 2013
| Archive Date
Nov 17 2013
Description
For Better or Worse reveals the health-care nightmare that is, for many, the American medical system today.
Her nightmare is a cautionary tale that traces the long death of her husband, Philip, through a medical journey fraught with mismanagement and excess, useless interventions and a sometimes complete disregard for pain – even when there was no hope of healing.
The Barashes were a long-married couple who tried to keep their heads above the quicksand of illness. Their journey is a critical and moving look at a medical system that prioritizes itself above its patients, creating a health-care nightmare.
For Better or Worse is the story of a man who, not through his own choice, overused the medical system, whom the system abused and who suffered a horrible dying. It’s a lament about the state of our wildly expensive MD/hospital/Big Pharma complex that unwittingly creates a maze of unnecessary suffering for the patients, and their families, that it’s supposed to help
For Better or Worse reveals the health-care nightmare that is, for many, the American medical system today.
Her nightmare is a cautionary tale that traces the long death of her husband, Philip...
Description
For Better or Worse reveals the health-care nightmare that is, for many, the American medical system today.
Her nightmare is a cautionary tale that traces the long death of her husband, Philip, through a medical journey fraught with mismanagement and excess, useless interventions and a sometimes complete disregard for pain – even when there was no hope of healing.
The Barashes were a long-married couple who tried to keep their heads above the quicksand of illness. Their journey is a critical and moving look at a medical system that prioritizes itself above its patients, creating a health-care nightmare.
For Better or Worse is the story of a man who, not through his own choice, overused the medical system, whom the system abused and who suffered a horrible dying. It’s a lament about the state of our wildly expensive MD/hospital/Big Pharma complex that unwittingly creates a maze of unnecessary suffering for the patients, and their families, that it’s supposed to help
A Note From the Publisher
Ruth Fenner Barash studied philosophy at City College of New York and did graduate work at the University of Chicago. In 1958, she met and married Philip Barash, a private practice attorney. She went on to work in public relations and real estate, served education and civic organizations at the executive level, and taught art in various media. Her long marriage was a “harmonious adventure” despite the couple’s treacherous journey through the health-care system. Her husband died in 2012.
Ruth Fenner Barash studied philosophy at City College of New York and did graduate work at the University of Chicago. In 1958, she met and married Philip Barash, a private practice attorney. She went...
A Note From the Publisher
Ruth Fenner Barash studied philosophy at City College of New York and did graduate work at the University of Chicago. In 1958, she met and married Philip Barash, a private practice attorney. She went on to work in public relations and real estate, served education and civic organizations at the executive level, and taught art in various media. Her long marriage was a “harmonious adventure” despite the couple’s treacherous journey through the health-care system. Her husband died in 2012.
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9781490314280 |
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$13.39 (USD)
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Available Editions
| EDITION |
Paperback |
| ISBN |
9781490314280 |
| PRICE |
$13.39 (USD)
|
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