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A Healthy State: An International Perspective on the Crisis in United States Medical Care
by Sidel, Victor V.; Sidel, Ruth
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0394407601
- ISBN 13
- 9780394407609
- Seller
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY, U.S.A.: Pantheon Books, 1977. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. Inscribed By Authors. Near Fine/Very Good: This book is a political critique of the American health care system and a comparison with the health care systems of Great Britain, Sweden, Russia, and China; it advocates a national health service based on centralized standards and local implementation in order to maximize health and provide humane care; inscribed by the authors and dated June, 1978 on the front end paper (white cloth with red lettering; white & tan dust jacket with red & black lettering, photos of the authors on the back flap, slight edgewear, slightly sunned along the edge; otherwise a bright, clean, tight copy)
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- House of Our Own Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004934
- Title
- A Healthy State: An International Perspective on the Crisis in United States Medical Care
- Author
- Sidel, Victor V.; Sidel, Ruth
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0394407601
- ISBN 13
- 9780394407609
- Publisher
- Pantheon Books
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1977
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