| False Positive: Private Profit in Canada's Medical Laboratories Contributor(s): Sutherland, Ross (Author) |
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ISBN: 1552664090 ISBN-13: 9781552664094 Publisher: Fernwood Publishing OUR PRICE: $20.79 Product Type: Paperback Published: February 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Health & Fitness | Health Care Issues - Social Science | Disease & Health Issues - History | Canada - Post-confederation (1867-) |
| Dewey: 614.4 |
| LCCN: 2011488364 |
| Series: Fernwood Basics |
| Physical Information: 0.3" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (0.45 lbs) 136 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Canadian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: When your doctor takes a blood sample for analysis, where does it go? Does it find its way to your local, publicly owned hospital? Does it take a longer journey to a private, for-profit lab in the next city? Chances are, you've never given it a lot of thought. In this daring exposé of the laboratory system, Sutherland investigates its historical and contemporary development in Canada and argues that the landscape has been heavily influenced by the private, for-profit companies - to the detriment of the public health care system. |