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Released: Feb. 1, 2012

THE CREATIVE DESTRUCTION OF MEDICINE: HOW THE DIGITAL REVOLUTION WILL CREATE BETTER HEALTH CARE

by Eric Topol

"Topol weaves useful knowledge about how to evaluate the choices open to patients into this exciting account of the revolutionary changes we can expect."

The director of the Scripps Translational Science Institute suggests that in the not-too-distant future DNA testing and sequencing may become available on a smartphone. Read full book review >

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Released: Feb. 1, 2012

HOW WE DO HARM: A DOCTOR BREAKS RANKS ABOUT BEING SICK IN AMERICA

by Otis Webb Brawley, Paul Goldberg

"A powerful contribution to the ongoing discussion on health-care reform."

With the assistance of investigative journalist Goldberg (The Final Act: The Dramatic, Revealing Story of the Moscow Helsinki Watch Group, 1988, etc.), Brawley (Medicine/Emory Univ.), chief medical scientific officer of the American Cancer Society, delivers a scathing indictment of the American medical system. Read full book review >

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Released: Feb. 20, 2012

THE HUMAN RIGHT TO HEALTH

by Jonathan Wolff

"A broad-ranging, insightful analysis of the complex practical and ethical issues involved in global health."

Guardian columnist Wolff (Philosophy/University College London; Ethics and Public Policy, 2011 etc.) poses a challenging but essential question: "How can there be a human right to health if the resources are just not there to satisfy it?" Read full book review >

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