On Medicine as Colonialism

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By Michael Fine

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On Medicine as Colonialism by Michael Fine explores the intersection of modern healthcare systems and colonialism. It analyses how healthcare practices and policies can reinforce power imbalances and exploit vulnerable populations, reflecting colonial dynamics. The book urges readers to critically examine the political and economic interests embedded in healthcare systems.
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Format: Paperback / softback

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If you're interested in examining how healthcare systems are influenced by power dynamics and colonial legacies, you may find this book intriguing. It explores the intersection of medicine and politics, providing critical insights into the implications for current healthcare practices and policies.

On Medicine as Colonialism

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In this strident, necessary, and meticulously researched book, Michael Fine uses the COVID-19 pandemic and many other examples to show the costly failure of the American health care system in bold relief.

Hospitals, insurance companies, Big Pharma, specialists, and even primary care doctors have all become tools of the new health profiteers. On Medicine as Colonialism shows how the American health care system cannibalises communities in the US and around the world.

Focusing on how health care profiteers co-opt the state's regulatory power, Medicare, and Medicaid to extract resources from communities, this book reveals how medicine and health care have become tools of a new health colonialism. It turns medicine on its head, so that individuals and communities lose their agency, health becomes impossible, and profits are used to dismantle democracy itself.

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On Medicine as Colonialism is lauded for its exploration of the structural injustices inherent in the American healthcare system, positioned as a new form of colonialism affecting all, particularly the poor. Reviewers commend Michael Fine's passionate, informed critique and advocacy for health equity, highlighting his decades of experience and visionary approach. The book is described as both a critical examination and a call to action for meaningful healthcare reform.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781629639901

Publisher: PM Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 16 February 2023

Country: United States

Imprint: PM Press

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 139.0mm

Height: 215.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 192

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Education & Reference Michael Fine Non-Fiction Politics & Current Affairs

About the Author

Michael Fine is a community organizer, family physician, public health official, and public health policy provocateur. He is the author of Health Care Revolt, Abundance, and The Bull and Other Stories.