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The Corrosion of Medicine: Can the Profession Reclaim Its Moral Legacy?
By John Geyman. 344 pp. Monroe, ME, Common Courage Press, 2008. $24.95. ISBN 978-1-56751-384-4.

Worried Sick: A Prescription for Health in an Overtreated America
By Nortin M. Hadler. 353 pp. Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina Press, 2008. $28. ISBN 978-0-8078-3187-8.

Health care reform is back — at least rhetorically. These two books suggest that both Democrats and Republicans are missing the boat, or perhaps rearranging deck chairs on a ship that is already listing. Both parties' presidential candidates trust private insurers and pay homage to the technical virtuosity of America's doctors and hospitals. But John Geyman blames insurers and their corporate brethren for the country's health care woes, whereas Nortin Hadler sees a medical establishment that has pushed interventionism to the brink of assault. The authors of both books . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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