Examines the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) as told by those involved in its creation, and reviews the history and impact of this legislation.
Contains over three hundred alphabetically arranged entries that provide information about the history, politics, and terminology of the debate over health care in America.
Tells the story of the fast-spreading, drug-resistant bacteria, Staphyloccocus aureus, also known as MRSA, describing how it takes over the body, who is most susceptible, and what medical professionals are trying to do stop it.
the controversial story of medicine's greatest lifesaver
Allen, Arthur
2007
Traces the history and development of vaccines, the role of military and medical authority in the introduction of vaccines to the public, and the controversies over the use of some vaccines.
how hazardous waste ended up in our drinking water and the bad science and powerful politics that keep it there
Connett, P. H
2010
Explores the factors that convinced the U.S. Public Health Service to endorse the fluoridation of water in the 1950s and considers why this practice continues in more than seventy percent of America. Discusses how water fluoridation can cause harm to the brain, bones, and endocrine system and argues that the reason fluoride was introduced in the first place -- to reduce tooth decay -- is not as solid as some would think.
