{"product_id":"to-live-and-die-in-america-class-power-health-and-healthcare-paperback-1","title":"To Live and Die in America: Class, Power, Health and Healthcare - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRobert Chernomas\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eIan Hudson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTo Live and Die in America\u003c\/i\u003e details how the United States has among the worst indicators of health in the industrialised world and at the same time spends significantly more on its health care system than any other industrial nation. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRobert Chernomas and Ian Hudson explain this contradictory phenomenon as the product of the unique brand of capitalism that has developed in the US. It is this particular form of capitalism that created both the social and economic conditions that largely influence health outcomes and the inefficient, unpopular and inaccessible health care system that is incapable of dealing with them. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe authors argue that improving health in America requires a change in the conditions in which people live and work as well as a restructured health care system.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert Chernomas\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Economics at the University of Manitoba, Canada. He has been a visiting professor at the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health and is on the editorial board of \u003ci\u003eInternational Journal of Health Services\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIan Hudson\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Manitoba, Canada. He is the co-author (with Robert Chernomas) of \u003ci\u003eThe Gatekeeper: Sixty Years of Economics According to the New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e (2012), \u003ci\u003eSocial Murder and Other Shortcomings of Conservative Economics\u003c\/i\u003e (2008), and (with Mark Hudson and Mara Fridell) \u003ci\u003eFair Trade, Sustainability and Social Change\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 248\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.61 x 8.46 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 14, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45758491132101,"sku":"9780745332123","price":62.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/bCzZEvETZA9780745332123.webp?v=1781283093","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/to-live-and-die-in-america-class-power-health-and-healthcare-paperback-1","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}