{
"item_title" : "False Positive",
"item_author" : [" Ross Sutherland "],
"item_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 exposof 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.",
"item_img_path" : "https://covers3.booksamillion.com/covers/bam/1/55/266/409/1552664090_b.jpg",
"price_data" : {
"retail_price" : "24.00", "online_price" : "24.00", "our_price" : "24.00", "club_price" : "24.00", "savings_pct" : "0", "savings_amt" : "0.00", "club_savings_pct" : "0", "club_savings_amt" : "0.00", "discount_pct" : "10", "store_price" : ""
}
}
False Positive : Private Profit in Canada's Medical Laboratories
Overview
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 expos 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.
This item is Non-Returnable
Customers Also Bought
Details
- ISBN-13: 9781552664094
- ISBN-10: 1552664090
- Publisher: Fernwood Publishing
- Publish Date: February 2011
- Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.3 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.45 pounds
- Page Count: 135
Related Categories
