The Best Medicine
by Magee, Mike; D'Antonio, MichaelFormat: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 1999-10-01
Publisher(s): St Martins Pr
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Summary
The authors provide inspiring and instructional antidotes which focus on the damaging impact of managed care.
Author Biography
Mike Magee, M.D. (left), a senior medical adviser at Pfizer Pharmaceuticals world headquarters in New York, is a writer and public speaker. He is a former professor of surgery at Jefferson Medical College and past president of the National Association of Physician Broadcasters. He lives in New York City. Michael D'Antonio, a former feature writer for Newsday, where he shared in the Pulitzer Prize, has published scores of articles on health care in national magazines. He lives on Long Island.
Table of Contents
| Acknowledgments | p. xi |
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| The Scientists | p. 11 |
| Dr. Fearless | p. 13 |
| Hope and Science | p. 24 |
| The Confidence Man | p. 32 |
| Science at Your Service | p. 40 |
| Patience for Patients | p. 48 |
| The Pioneer | p. 55 |
| The Teachers | p. 63 |
| Dr. Crusader | p. 65 |
| Candor, Communication, and Concern | p. 75 |
| Help and Self-Help | p. 82 |
| Hometown Hero | p. 90 |
| The Mentors | p. 97 |
| Physician as Mentor | p. 99 |
| The Family Medical Expert | p. 106 |
| Doctor Mom | p. 117 |
| "Res" Girl, M.D. | p. 127 |
| The Healers | p. 135 |
| More Than Skin Deep | p. 137 |
| Faith, Hope, and Medicine | p. 145 |
| Good Karma | p. 152 |
| Never Met a Patient He Didn't Like | p. 160 |
| Lessons in Love | p. 167 |
| The Literary Doctor | p. 174 |
| The Friends | p. 183 |
| All His Children | p. 185 |
| "Don't Just Do Something, Sit There" | p. 197 |
| Well-Trained Friends | p. 206 |
| How's Everything at Home? | p. 215 |
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