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Tag Archives: Robert Fawcett

“Useless” (But Needed) — “A Doctor’s Constant Companion”

Posted on October 1, 2011 by Maggie Mahar

From time to time, I cross-post a piece from Pulse: Voices From the Heart of Medicine, an online magazine that uses stories and poems written by patients and health care professionals to talk honestly about giving and receiving medical care.

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Posted in Healthcare | Tagged Robert Fawcett

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Money-Driven Medicine: The Real Reason Health Care Costs So Much
(Harper/Collins 2006)


Bull! A History of the Boom, 1982–2004
(Harper Collins, 2004)

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Money-Driven Medicine: The Film (Jigsaw Productions, 2009)
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