Different ways a single injury is treated in the healthcare systems of Japan, Canada, Germany, and others around the world.
Journalist and author T.R. Reid set out on a global tour of hospitals and doctors’ offices in hope of understanding how other industrialized nations provide affordable, effective health care. His book is The Healing of America: A Global Quest for Better, Cheaper, and Fairer Health Care.
Reid was the lead correspondent for the 2008 Frontline documentary Sick Around the World.
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