Books on health care?

[XRanger]

I just realized that I know very little about the health care topics and I need to be more well versed for interview and such.
I've came across a few recommendations such as Understanding Health Care Policy: A Clinical Policy by Bodenheimer, Do No Harm by Lisa Belkin, and Dr. George Lundberg's "Severed Trust".

Which one would you recommend? or if you have any other recommendations feel free to post. I wanna read a book that's interesting and informative, and also would help me for those health care interview questions

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[rockydoc]

Try reading "Reasonable Rx, Solving the Drug Price Crisis" by Finkestein and Temin...its an oustanding book written by two MIT professors about the current problems with the health care system (specifically drug R&D with drug prices) and then it outlines their plan for solving the crisis (without doing single payer or universal healthcare)......

Also just pick up some interesting medical narratives written by doctors about their experiences....."Hot Lights, Cold Steel", "Complications", "Becoming a Doctor", etc....just go to a book store and browse the medical narrative section.....

 

[dienekes88]

The Social Transformation of American Medicine by Paul Starr

Harry S. Truman vs. the Medical Lobby by Monte Poen

The Divided Welfare State by Jacob S. Hacker

I can't remember much from the first one, I only skimmed it. The latter two have a healthy dose of liberalism. Professor Hacker actually worked for the Clinton campaign.

 

[Lukkie]

Consultation in Internal Medicine by Harrington et al