Critical Perspectives on Modern Healthcare: Health and Survival in the 21st Century

Author: (Australia) Ross Horne
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: This is an unsettling book—if all medications were thrown into the sea, it would be a blessing for humanity but a disaster for fish. Healthcare costs are soaring at a rate fifteen times faster than population growth. Despite increasingly sophisticated instruments that can accurately diagnose diseases, expenses continue to rise. Traditional medical methods have largely failed. Iatrogenic diseases are those caused by medical treatment. According to a report by the World Health Organization, one in four people who die in hospitals dies from medication. People trust and need medicine, yet medicine promises too much while delivering too little (saving lives at the cost of others) and most continue to accept the diseases recognized by human culture. They keep taking medication until they are "cured" to death. The most serious error is that the medical community has yet to realize it has gone astray, still adhering to the disease-treatment mindset rather than the lifestyle-health mindset. In nature, there are no rewards or punishments, only outcomes. Over long periods of evolution, humanity has stepped into dangerous territory. Now, we stand at a crossroads, and no matter which way we go, it will be rough and thorny. Ross Horne's book is a survival guide for our life journey. —Dr. Dean Burk
The information and advice provided in this book about diet, health, and treatment are of general interest to the public. Readers should not take them as prescriptions for personal medical conditions and are strongly advised to seek the advice and help of licensed healthcare professionals. Currently, out of every ten people, seven die from heart disease, stroke, and cancer. The rest die from diabetes, asthma, Alzheimer's disease, and other so-called "civilization diseases." Medicine offers little help, often worsening the condition. Ironically, doctors do not live longer than patients. However, once the lifestyle factors that trigger diseases are eliminated, not only can most problems be avoided, but many diseases can also be cured. Ross Horne is an Australian best-selling author who has written books such as Health Revolution, Prithagin Improvement, and Anti-Cancer, Anti-Heart Disease Recipes. In this book, Ross Horne introduces and evaluates the views of many renowned medical scientists and doctors, predicts the problems and doubts troubling all of humanity, and skillfully and concisely proposes solutions. The book presents truths often overlooked by traditional medical education, particularly detailing the effects of food on the body's systems and diseases. It is an unsettling book, a book unlike any other, the result of thirty years of the author's dedication.