Unhealthy charities : hazardous to your health and wealth / James T. Bennett and Thomas J. DiLorenzo.

Health charities are big business in America - a $10 billion business in 1990. They receive numerous special government privileges, enlist the aid of an army of volunteers, and, for the most part, enjoy a sterling reputation. But according to the authors of this hard-hitting book, there is a chasm b...

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Main Author: Bennett, James T.
Other Authors: DiLorenzo, Thomas J.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : BasicBooks, [1994]
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Table of Contents:
  • Introducion: Are Health Charities Ailing?
  • The Political Economy of Health Charities
  • Healthy Scams and Heart Scams
  • The Business of Health Charities
  • Public Education or Public Confusion?
  • Subsidizing Professional Education and Research
  • Sweet Charity: Patient and Community Services
  • Health-Charity Look-Alikes
  • Is There A Cure for What Ails Health Charities?