Health wars
Subtitle: on the global front lines of modern medicine
By: Richard Horton.
Publisher: New York Review of Books
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 592
Subjects: Medicine -- Miscellanea; Medical care -- Miscellanea; Social medicine -- Miscellanea
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 516-565) and index.
Table of contents: title: Infection: the global threat; title: The plagues are flying; title: Waiting for the biowar; title: Surviving conflict; title: The African challenge; title: Vaccine myths; title: An autopsy of Dr. Osler; title: Truth and heresy about AIDS; title: A fatal erosion of integrity; title: Secret society; title: World health disorganization; title: How sick is modern medicine?; title: DNA: the life of a dead molecule; title: Protecting the breast; title: The final cut; title: In the danger zone; title: The health of peoples; title: Taking dignity seriously.