LEONARD TUSHNET, M.D.

THE MEDICINE MEN

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The Myth of Quality Medical Care in America Today

Reprinted in full from the hardcover edition.

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THE MEDICINE MEN

The Myth of Quality Medical Care

in America Today

LEONARD TUSHNET, M.D.

Contents

I Mirror, Mirror On the Wall	I
II The Visitation	7
III The Name of the Rose	9
IV The Sacred Precincts	14
V History and Physical	17
VI The Oracles	18
VII A Commercial Note	24
VIII Members of One Body	25
IX The Pow-Wow	51
x In The Medical Staff Lounge	~3
XI The Bubbling Cauldron	54
XII Advice From an Infidel	60
	Copyright 1971 by Leonard Tushnet
	ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

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