Frankenmedicine: The Horrors of For-Profit Medicine

38 Pages Posted: 21 Aug 2016

Date Written: August 15, 2016

Abstract

While conducting field research on poverty in Winston-Salem, North Carolina the author acquired alarming insights about the horrors of profit-motivated healthcare. The author witnessed a homeless man dislocate his knee while playing softball. Rather than receiving humane medical attention the homeless man was subjected to hospital treatment that would be better described as medieval torture. The more money that the USA spends on healthcare the more inhumane US healthcare becomes. Although many people believe that money is the key to happiness, in this paper I will argue that the USA’s “profits over people” medical philosophy tends to inspire dreadful forms of inhumanity in the delivery of healthcare.

Suggested Citation

McGettigan, Timothy, Frankenmedicine: The Horrors of For-Profit Medicine (August 15, 2016). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2823957 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2823957

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