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January 28, 2004 at 07:00 PM
NU Online News Service, Jan. 28, 2004, 5:22 p.m. EST – Richard Saul Wurman has published “Understanding Healthcare,” a colorful consumer health care.[@@]
Wurman, a graphic designer, is best known for his colorful, graphical city guides and investor education books.
The new, 336-page book, which sells for $25, divides health care information into 3 categories: “Understanding Yourself,” which deals with the reader’s own body; “Understanding Them,” which discusses doctors, hospitals and medical technology; and “Making It Happen,” which explores topics such as health insurance, the economics of death, managed care, Medicare, Medicaid, long term care insurance and the differences between the U.S. health system and health systems in other countries.
