Growth of the pharmaceutical industry

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Essay: Slling sickness &the healthcare crisis

In addition to the assigned reading, please view the following documentary, available via blackboard, prior to completing this essay: Selling sickness, first run/icarus films,52minutes

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By the year 2019,americans are expected to spend more than $13,000 per year in healthcare costs - even after the 2010 passing of the affordable care act (weitz p182).in this essay, assess the role of two factors, the growth of the pharmaceutical industry and the character of the doctor-patient relationship, in this rise in healthcare costs. How have the processes of medicalization and professionalization impacted the healthcare crisis in the United States? How do these realities compare to the myths we often perpetuate about why healthcare in the us is so expensive?

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