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PC, M.D.
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How Political Correctness Is Corrupting Medicine
By Sally Satel, M.D.
Posted: Saturday, January 1, 2000
PC, M.D.
Dimensions: 1.25'' x 9.50'' x 6.25''
256 pages
Basic Books
Publication Date: January 2000
Paperback
ISBN: 046507183X
Hardcover
ISBN: 0465071821

In this book, Sally Satel identifies and critiques the burgeoning phenomenon of "politically correct" medicine, which seeks to remedy social oppression by ensuring the equitable distribution of public health. She argues that incorporating social justice into the mission of medicine diverts attention and resources from the effort to prevent and combat disease for everyone, regardless of race or sex.

Sally Satel, M.D., is a resident scholar at AEI.



Table of Contents

  1. Public Health and the Quest for Social Justice
  2. Inmates Take Over the Asylum
  3. Nursing Grudges
  4. Sisterhood and Medicine
  5. Crack Moms of South Carolina
  6. Race and Medicine
  7. Therapy for Victims
Epilogue


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