The Great White Lie: Dishonesty, Waste, and Incompetence in the Medical Community
- ISBN-10
- 0671792903
- ISBN-13
- 9780671792909
- Category
- Hospital care
- Pages
- 320
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1992
- Publisher
- Touchstone Books
- Author
- Walt Bogdanich
Description
A journalist offers a frightening portrayal of American hospitals, revealing tales of critical nursing shortages, botched surgeries, false billings, forced labor, bureaucratic incompetence, and inadequate care
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Other editions
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- 1973
- 324 pages
- Paperback
- Monthly Review Press
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