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Free-Market Medicine – A Personal Account by Michael Parenti

Posted on January 27, 2012 by dandelionsalad

by Michael Parenti Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Michael Parenti Blog www.michaelparenti.org January 27, 2012 When I recently went to Alta Bates hospital for surgery, I discovered that legal procedures take precedence over medical ones. I had to sign intimidating statements about financial counseling, indemnity, patient responsibilities, consent to treatment, use of electronic technologies, and the [...]

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