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Previous Volume 330:801-802 March 17, 1994 Number 11

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Edited by David E. Rogers and Eli Ginzberg. 144 pp. Boulder, Colo., Westview Press, 1993. $49.50. ISBN 0-8133-1720-7.
By Laurie Kaye Abraham. 289 pp. Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 1993. $22.50. ISBN 0-226-001338-5.

As we ponder as a society and a profession whether we should undertake changes in our health care system, it is helpful to be reminded of why we are facing this decision. Two new books, one from the point of view of health care experts and the other from the patient's perspective, focus on access to care and the health of the poor. Each provides powerful arguments for fundamental changes in our health care system.

Medical Care and the Health of the Poor is a compilation of articles by eight medical experts. The strength of this book flows from the . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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