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Mr. Gasket Rocker Arm Nuts with Locks - 923G

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Mr. Gasket Rocker Arm Nuts with Locks - 923GOverview: Designed to keep the rocker arms positively locked for precise and critical valve train adjustments. Manufactured from quality grade steel, then heat treated for extra strength and plated with a durable finish. Kits include 16 rocker arm nuts with socket head set screws and one hex key wrench. Features: (16) Rocker Arm Nuts w Locks 3 8" 24 Threads Shank O. D. . 540" Includes Locks and Hex Wrench Application: Year Make Model Submodel Engine

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Designed to keep the rocker arms positively locked for precise and critical valve train adjustments. Manufactured from quality grade steel, then heat-treated for extra strength and plated with a durable finish. Kits include 16 rocker arm nuts with socket head set screws and one hex key wrench.

Features:

  • (16) Rocker Arm Nuts w/ Locks 3/8"-24 Threads
  • Shank O.D. .540"
  • Includes Locks and Hex Wrench

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1976 - 1992 Chevrolet Camaro 305/5 V8
1968 - 1992 Chevrolet Camaro 350/5.7 V8
1969 - 1993 Chevrolet Caprice 350/5.7 V8
1977 - 1993 Chevrolet Caprice 305/5 V8
1975 - 1976 Pontiac Grand Prix 455/7.5 V8
1971 - 1976 Pontiac Grand Safari 455/7.5 V8
1972 - 1975 Pontiac Grandville 455/7.5 V8
1968 - 1977 Pontiac LeMans 350/5.7 V8
1980 Pontiac LeMans 305/5 V8
1974 - 1975 Pontiac Ventura 350/5.7 V8
1983 - 1986 Pontiac Parisienne 305/5 V8
1975 - 1977 Ford Bronco
1978 - 1987 Ford Bronco 351/5.8 V8
1968 - 1996 Ford Bronco 302/5 V8
1987 - 1991 Ford Country Squire
1969 - 1986 Ford LTD 351/5.8 V8
1969 - 1977 Ford Custom 500 351/5.8 V8
1969 - 1983 Ford E-100 Econoline 302/5 V8
1968 - 1986 Ford LTD 302/5 V8
1975 - 1983 Ford E-100 Econoline 351/5.8 V8
1980 Ford E-100 Econoline 400/6.6 V8
1969 - 1986 Chevrolet K10 Suburban 350/5.7 V8
1968 - 1973 Chevrolet K10 Suburban 307/5 V8
1969 - 1974 Chevrolet K10 Pickup 350/5.7 V8
1961 - 1967 Chevrolet K20 Pickup 283/4.6 V8
1969 - 1974 Chevrolet K20 Pickup 350/5.7 V8
1968 - 1969 Chevrolet K20 Pickup 307/5 V8
1968 - 1973 Chevrolet K20 Suburban 307/5 V8
1969 - 1986 Chevrolet K20 Suburban 350/5.7 V8
1968 - 1973 Chevrolet K30 Pickup 307/5 V8
1968 - 1977 Mercury Comet 302/5 V8
1967 Mercury Commuter 289/4.7 V8
1968 Mercury Cougar 289/4.7 V8
1971 Mercury Colony Park 351/5.8 V8
1969 - 1979 Mercury Cougar 351/5.8 V8
1969 Mercury Comet 351/5.8 V8
1968 - 1970 Mercury Cyclone 302/5 V8
1969 Mercury Cyclone 351/5.8 V8
1968 - 1988 Mercury Cougar 302/5 V8
1971 - 1981 Mercury Marquis 351/5.8 V8
1964 - 1967 Mercury Cyclone 289/4.7 V8
1968 - 1974 Mercury Montego 302/5 V8
1969 - 1976 Mercury Montego 351/5.8 V8
1966 - 1967 Mercury Voyager 289/4.7 V8
1989 - 1991 Chevrolet R2500 Suburban 350/5.7 V8
1987 - 1988 Chevrolet R30 350/5.7 V8
1989 - 1991 Chevrolet R3500 350/5.7 V8
1995 Chevrolet Tahoe 350/5.7 V8
1987 Chevrolet V10 305/5 V8
1987 Chevrolet V10 350/5.7 V8
1987 - 1988 Chevrolet V10 Suburban 350/5.7 V8
1989 - 1991 Chevrolet V1500 Suburban 350/5.7 V8
1987 Chevrolet V20 350/5.7 V8
1987 - 1988 Chevrolet V20 Suburban 350/5.7 V8
1989 - 1991 Chevrolet V2500 Suburban 350/5.7 V8
1987 - 1988 Chevrolet V30 350/5.7 V8
1989 - 1991 Chevrolet V3500 350/5.7 V8
1992 GMC C2500 Suburban 350/5.7 V8
1993 GMC K2500 Suburban 350/5.7 V8
1977 Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser 350/5.7 V8
1978 - 1980 Oldsmobile Cutlass 305/5 V8
1978 - 1980 Oldsmobile Cutlass Salon 305/5 V8
1978 - 1980 Oldsmobile Cutlass Calais 305/5 V8
1980 Oldsmobile Cutlass Cruiser 305/5 V8
1978 - 1979 Oldsmobile Cutlass 350/5.7 V8
1978 - 1980 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme 305/5 V8
1978 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme 350/5.7 V8
1977 Oldsmobile Delta 88 350/5.7 V8
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1975 - 1986 Chevrolet K5 Blazer 350/5.7 V8
1969 - 1994 Chevrolet Blazer 350/5.7 V8
1975 - 1986 Chevrolet C10 350/5.7 V8
1976 - 1980 Chevrolet C10 400/6.6 V8
1977 - 1986 Chevrolet C10 305/5 V8
1969 - 1986 Chevrolet C10 Suburban 350/5.7 V8
1981 Chevrolet C10 Suburban
1977 - 1986 Chevrolet C10 Suburban 305/5 V8
1969 - 1979 Ford Ranchero 351/5.8 V8
1968 - 1972 Ford Ranch Wagon 302/5 V8
1968 - 1979 Ford Ranchero 302/5 V8
1969 - 1974 Ford Ranch Wagon 351/5.8 V8
1968 - 1974 Ford Torino 302/5 V8
1969 - 1976 Ford Torino 351/5.8 V8
1964 - 1967 Mercury Caliente 289/4.7 V8
1964 - 1967 Mercury Comet 289/4.7 V8
1969 Mercury Comet 390/6.4 V8
1974 - 1976 Chevrolet Malibu 400/6.6 V8
1976 - 1983 Chevrolet Malibu 305/5 V8
1973 - 1981 Chevrolet Malibu 350/5.7 V8
1978 - 1988 Chevrolet Monte Carlo 305/5 V8
1976 - 1977 Chevrolet Monte Carlo
1970 - 1975 Chevrolet Monte Carlo 400/6.6 V8
1970 - 1975 Chevrolet Monte Carlo 350/5.7 V8
1976 - 1979 Chevrolet Monza 305/5 V8
1969 - 1979 Chevrolet Nova 350/5.7 V8
1976 - 1979 Chevrolet Nova 305/5 V8
1987 Chevrolet R10 305/5 V8
1987 Chevrolet R10 350/5.7 V8
1987 - 1988 Chevrolet R10 Suburban 350/5.7 V8
1989 - 1991 Chevrolet R1500 Suburban 350/5.7 V8
1987 Chevrolet R10 Suburban 305/5 V8
1987 - 1988 Chevrolet R20 305/5 V8
1987 - 1988 Chevrolet R20 350/5.7 V8
1989 Chevrolet R2500 350/5.7 V8
1987 - 1988 Chevrolet R20 Suburban 350/5.7 V8
1975 - 1980 Ford Granada 302/5 V8
1959 - 1967 Chevrolet Impala 283/4.6 V8
1988 - 1995 Chevrolet K2500 350/5.7 V8
1988 - 1995 Chevrolet K2500 305/5 V8
1992 - 1995 Chevrolet K2500 Suburban 350/5.7 V8
1977 - 1980 Chevrolet K30 400/6.6 V8
1977 - 1986 Chevrolet K30 350/5.7 V8
1988 - 1995 Chevrolet K3500 350/5.7 V8
1974 - 1975 Chevrolet Laguna 400/6.6 V8
1973 - 1975 Chevrolet Laguna 350/5.7 V8
1976 Chevrolet Laguna
1991 Chevrolet Caprice
1970 - 1976 Chevrolet Caprice 400/6.6 V8
1957 - 1989 Chevrolet Corvette
1968 - 1970 Chevrolet K10 Pickup 307/5 V8
1979 - 1983 Ford E-100 Econoline Club Wagon 302/5 V8
1975 - 1983 Ford E-100 Econoline Club Wagon 351/5.8 V8
1975 - 1987 Ford E-150 Econoline 351/5.8 V8
1975 - 1996 Ford E-150 Econoline 302/5 V8
1957 - 1967 Chevrolet Bel Air 283/4.6 V8
1962 - 1969 Chevrolet Bel Air 327/5.3 V8
1968 - 1969 Chevrolet Bel Air 327/5.4 V8
1968 Chevrolet Bel Air 307/5 V8
1969 - 1975 Chevrolet Bel Air 350/5.7 V8
1970 - 1975 Chevrolet Bel Air 400/6.6 V8
1958 - 1967 Chevrolet Biscayne 283/4.6 V8
1962 - 1969 Chevrolet Biscayne 327/5.3 V8
1968 - 1969 Chevrolet Biscayne 327/5.4 V8
1977 - 1985 Chevrolet Impala 305/5 V8
1969 - 1985 Chevrolet Impala 350/5.7 V8
1975 - 1986 Chevrolet K10 350/5.7 V8
1975 - 1979 Chevrolet K10 400/6.6 V8
1977 - 1986 Chevrolet K10 305/5 V8
1975 - 1987 Ford E-250 Econoline Club Wagon 351/5.8 V8
1975 - 1991 Ford E-250 Econoline 302/5 V8
1979 - 1980 Ford E-250 Econoline Club Wagon 302/5 V8
1981 Chevrolet K10 Suburban
1977 - 1986 Chevrolet K10 Suburban 305/5 V8
1975 - 1979 Chevrolet K10 Suburban 400/6.6 V8
1988 - 1995 Chevrolet K1500 350/5.7 V8
1988 - 1995 Chevrolet K1500 305/5 V8
1992 - 1993 Chevrolet K1500 Suburban
1994 - 1995 Chevrolet K1500 Suburban 350/5.7 V8
1971 Mercury Monterey 351/5.8 V8
1959 - 1973 Pontiac Bonneville
1963 - 1965 Pontiac Bonneville 421/6.9 V8
1963 - 1966 Pontiac Bonneville 389/6.4 V8
1967 - 1969 Pontiac Bonneville 428/7 V8
1967 - 1974 Pontiac Bonneville 400/6.6 V8
1971 - 1976 Pontiac Bonneville 455/7.5 V8
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1967 - 1969 Pontiac Catalina 428/7 V8
1966 - 1968 Ford Bronco 289/4.7 V8
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1963 - 1967 Ford Country Squire 289/4.7 V8
1963 - 1967 Ford Country Sedan 289/4.7 V8
1969 - 1974 Ford Country Squire 351/5.8 V8
1968 - 1972 Ford Country Squire 302/5 V8
1969 - 1974 Ford Country Sedan 351/5.8 V8
1968 - 1972 Ford Custom 500 302/5 V8
1971 - 1973 Pontiac Grandville
1973 - 1974 Pontiac Grand Am 400/6.6 V8
1973 - 1975 Pontiac Grand Am 455/7.5 V8
1964 - 1973 Pontiac GTO
1963 - 1965 Pontiac Grand Prix 421/6.9 V8
1963 - 1966 Pontiac Grand Prix 389/6.4 V8
1967 - 1969 Pontiac Grand Prix 428/7 V8
1967 - 1969 Pontiac Grand Prix 400/6.6 V8
1962 - 1974 Pontiac Grand Prix
1968 - 1974 Pontiac LeMans 400/6.6 V8
1971 - 1974 Pontiac Grand Safari 400/6.6 V8
1977 - 1995 Chevrolet G10 305/5 V8
1975 - 1993 Chevrolet G10 350/5.7 V8
1975 - 1995 Chevrolet G20 350/5.7 V8
1975 - 1987 Ford E-150 Econoline Club Wagon 351/5.8 V8
1979 - 1996 Ford E-150 Econoline Club Wagon 302/5 V8
1975 - 1987 Ford E-250 Econoline 351/5.8 V8
1969 - 1991 Chevrolet Corvette 350/5.7 V8
1970 - 1976 Chevrolet El Camino 400/6.6 V8
1969 - 1979 Chevrolet El Camino 350/5.7 V8
1976 - 1987 Chevrolet El Camino 305/5 V8
1968 - 1974 Pontiac Firebird 400/6.6 V8
1968 - 1992 Pontiac Firebird 350/5.7 V8
1968 - 1973 Pontiac Catalina 400/6.6 V8
1971 - 1976 Pontiac Firebird 455/7.5 V8
1970 - 1977 Pontiac Catalina 350/5.7 V8
1970 - 1976 Pontiac Catalina 455/7.5 V8
1977 - 1987 Ford F-350 351/5.8 V8
1972 - 1980 Ford F-350 302/5 V8
1978 - 1979 Ford Fairmont 302/5 V8
1972 - 1976 Ford Gran Torino 351/5.8 V8
1975 - 1977 Ford Granada 351/5.8 V8
1965 - 1968 Chevrolet Chevy II 327/5.3 V8
1968 Chevrolet Chevy II 350/5.7 V8
1965 - 1968 Chevrolet Chevy II 327/5.4 V8
1968 Chevrolet Chevy II 307/5 V8
1965 Chevrolet Corvette 327/5.3 V8
1958 Chevrolet Del Ray 283/4.6 V8
1964 - 1965 Chevrolet El Camino 327/5.3 V8
1964 - 1967 Chevrolet El Camino 283/4.6 V8
1968 - 1973 Chevrolet El Camino 307/5 V8
1968 - 1973 Chevrolet G10 Van 307/5 V8
1970 - 1974 Chevrolet G10 Van 350/5.7 V8
1968 - 1969 Chevrolet G20 Van 307/5 V8
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1975 - 1980 Chevrolet G20 400/6.6 V8
1980 - 1995 Chevrolet G20 305/5 V8
1975 - 1996 Chevrolet G30 350/5.7 V8
1975 - 1979 Chevrolet G30 400/6.6 V8
1978 - 1985 Chevrolet G30 305/5 V8
1980 Chevrolet G30
1970 - 1976 Chevrolet Impala 400/6.6 V8
1961 - 1967 Chevrolet C30 Pickup 283/4.6 V8
1968 - 1973 Chevrolet C30 Pickup 307/5 V8
1969 - 1974 Chevrolet C30 Pickup 350/5.7 V8
1969 - 1974 Ford E-200 Econoline 302/5 V8
1969 - 1974 Ford E-300 Econoline 302/5 V8
1963 - 1967 Ford Fairlane 289/4.7 V8
1980 - 1987 Pontiac Grand Prix 305/5 V8
1976 - 1977 Pontiac Grand Prix 350/5.7 V8
1970 - 1976 Pontiac LeMans 455/7.5 V8
1979 - 1985 Mercury Capri 302/5 V8
1981 - 1990 Lincoln Town Car
1987 - 1991 Mercury Colony Park
1978 - 1981 Mercury Grand Marquis 351/5.8 V8
1977 Lincoln Versailles 302/5 V8
1979 - 1989 Mercury Grand Marquis 302/5 V8
1978 - 1980 Lincoln Versailles
1990 - 1991 Mercury Grand Marquis
1975 - 1977 Mercury Monarch 351/5.8 V8
1975 - 1980 Mercury Monarch 302/5 V8
1962 - 1969 Chevrolet Impala 327/5.3 V8
1964 - 1969 Chevrolet Impala 327/5.4 V8
1975 - 1980 Chevrolet K20 400/6.6 V8
1975 - 1986 Chevrolet K20 350/5.7 V8
1977 - 1985 Chevrolet K20 305/5 V8
1977 - 1986 Chevrolet K20 Suburban 305/5 V8
1975 - 1980 Chevrolet K20 Suburban 400/6.6 V8
1975 - 1996 Ford F-150 302/5 V8
1977 - 1987 Ford F-150 351/5.8 V8
1972 - 1996 Ford F-250 302/5 V8
1977 - 1987 Ford F-250 351/5.8 V8
1968 - 1972 Ford Galaxie 500 302/5 V8
1969 - 1974 Ford Galaxie 500 351/5.8 V8
1977 - 1979 Buick Century 350/5.7 V8
1977 - 1980 Buick Century 305/5 V8
1978 Buick LeSabre 305/5 V8
1977 Buick Regal 350/5.7 V8
1977 - 1980 Buick Regal 305/5 V8
1977 - 1979 Buick Skylark 350/5.7 V8
1977 - 1979 Buick Skylark 305/5 V8
1992 - 1993 Chevrolet Blazer
1987 Chevrolet Blazer 305/5 V8
1975 - 1979 Chevrolet K5 Blazer 400/6.6 V8
1969 Ford Fairlane 351/5.8 V8
1969 - 1972 Chevrolet Townsman 350/5.7 V8
1970 - 1972 Chevrolet Townsman 400/6.6 V8
1965 - 1967 Ford LTD 289/4.7 V8
1971 - 1977 Ford Maverick 302/5 V8
1964 - 1968 Ford Mustang 289/4.7 V8
1969 - 1995 Ford Mustang 351/5.8 V8
1968 - 1983 Ford Mustang 302/5 V8
1963 - 1967 Ford Ranch Wagon 289/4.7 V8
1964 - 1968 Ford Falcon 289/4.7 V8
1968 - 1970 Ford Falcon 302/5 V8
1963 Ford Galaxie 260/4.3 V8
1968 - 1970 Ford Fairlane 302/5 V8
1965 Ford Falcon Sedan Delivery 289/4.7 V8
1972 - 1974 Ford Gran Torino 302/5 V8
1963 - 1967 Ford Galaxie 289/4.7 V8
1964 - 1967 Ford Custom 500 289/4.7 V8
1963 - 1967 Ford Galaxie 500 289/4.7 V8
1969 - 1973 Chevrolet Nova 307/5 V8
1957 - 1960 Chevrolet Truck 283/4.6 V8
1961 Pontiac Tempest 389/6.4 V8
1963 Ford 300 289/4.7 V8
1965 - 1967 Ford Custom 289/4.7 V8
1967 - 1970 Pontiac Executive 400/6.6 V8
1967 - 1969 Pontiac Executive 428/7 V8
1968 - 1970 Pontiac Tempest 350/5.7 V8
1968 - 1972 Ford Custom 302/5 V8
1968 - 1970 Pontiac Tempest 400/6.6 V8
1969 - 1972 Ford Custom 351/5.8 V8
1970 Pontiac Executive 455/7.5 V8
1991 - 1995 Chevrolet C3500HD 350/5.7 V8
1991 - 1995 GMC C3500HD 350/5.7 V8
1969 - 1983 Ford F-100 302/5 V8
1968 - 1973 Chevrolet C10 Pickup 307/5 V8
1969 - 1974 Chevrolet C10 Pickup 350/5.7 V8
1968 - 1973 Chevrolet C10 Suburban 307/5 V8
1977 - 1979 Oldsmobile Omega 350/5.7 V8
1977 - 1979 Oldsmobile Omega 305/5 V8
1977 - 1979 Oldsmobile Starfire 305/5 V8
1977 Pontiac Bonneville 350/5.7 V8
1983 - 1986 Pontiac Bonneville 305/5 V8
1980 - 1987 Pontiac Firebird 305/5 V8
1980 Pontiac Grand Am 305/5 V8
1975 - 1976 Pontiac Grand LeMans 455/7.5 V8
1975 - 1977 Pontiac Grand LeMans 350/5.7 V8
1980 Pontiac Grand LeMans 305/5 V8
1969 - 1974 Chevrolet K30 Pickup 350/5.7 V8
1969 - 1972 Chevrolet Kingswood 350/5.7 V8
1970 - 1972 Chevrolet Kingswood 400/6.6 V8
1964 - 1967 Chevrolet Malibu 327/5.3 V8
1964 - 1967 Chevrolet Malibu 283/4.6 V8
1973 Chevrolet Malibu 307/5 V8
1957 Chevrolet One-Fifty Series 283/4.6 V8
1961 - 1966 Chevrolet Suburban 283/4.6 V8
1957 Chevrolet Two-Ten Series 283/4.6 V8
1977 - 1979 Ford LTD II 351/5.8 V8
1977 - 1979 Ford LTD II 302/5 V8
1975 - 1978 Ford Mustang II 302/5 V8
1977 - 1988 Ford Thunderbird 302/5 V8
1977 - 1979 Ford Thunderbird 351/5.8 V8
1980 - 1985 Lincoln Continental 302/5 V8
1983 - 1987 Lincoln Continental
1981 - 1983 Lincoln Mark VI
1984 - 1985 Lincoln Mark VII 302/5 V8
1986 - 1987 Lincoln Mark VII
1980 Lincoln Mark VI 302/5 V8
1968 Chevrolet Impala 307/5 V8
1961 - 1967 Chevrolet K10 Pickup 283/4.6 V8
1959 - 1966 Pontiac Star Chief 389/6.4 V8
1963 - 1965 Pontiac Star Chief 421/6.9 V8
1987 - 1991 Ford LTD Crown Victoria 302/5 V8
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1964 - 1967 Mercury Villager 289/4.7 V8
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Thomas M. Loarie
Whiting, US
★★★★★ 5
Intellectual Dishonesty, Malfeasance, and Conflicts of Interest...
Format: Hardcover
In "How We Do Harm,' author Otis Webb Brawley, M.D., shares his healthcare system experience from his early days at the Pritzker School of Medicine (University of Chicago), as a resident at University Hospitals of Cleveland, as a fellow at the National Cancer Institute, and as a physician specializing in medical oncology at Grady Hospital in Atlanta. Brawley has both the experience and credentials to call our attention to the systemic failures of a system that our politicians call the "best in the world (ignorance is elegant)." He is recognized as an outstanding physician-scientist who serves today as the chief medical and scientific officer of the American Cancer Society, and as professor of hematology, oncology, medicine, and epidemiology at Emory University In this book, the author takes the reader on a "guided tour of the back rooms" of the American healthcare system. He charges that "no incident failure in American medicine should be dismissed as an aberration...failure is the system, a system in which helping patients is not the point. Economic incentives dictate that the patient be ground up as expensively as possible with the goal of maximizing the cut of every practitioner who gets involved." Brawley's view is that of skeptic and health-reform advocate. Brawley uses his personal experience and stories to show how our system "fails to provide care when care is needed and fails to stop expensive, often unnecessary, and frequently harmful interventions." He feels one antidote to sure the ills of the system would be to base the system on science. His stories include: 1. The treatment provided to a woman whose breast fell-off due to cancer. 2. Misguided collegiality among physicians. "Should I tell the patient that the previous doctor was incompetent? And get hauled into court for slander?" 3. The saving of Mr. Huzjak whose daughter, despite his condition, wants everything to be done to save his life. "We never give up" when the humane thing is to give up. 4. The Wallet Biopsy - the reason why people are turned away from private hospitals and end up at public hospitals like Grady. 5. Treating colon cancer Colon Cancer. "If you are poor, black, and uninsured, you get no care until its too late. But if you are rich, white, and insured, you face another deadly menace, doctors (some socially prominent) who are just plain bad. Expensive drugs and tests that patients don't need." 6. The implantable defibrillator, and the growing disparity between the insured and the uninsured which increases as technology improves. 7. Procrit, Nexium, Vioxx, Intensity Modulation Radiation Therapy and other approved drugs and therapies that are leading patients to serious complications, and/or a worsening of disease, or death. And how overtreatment may be beneficial to everyone but the patient - doctors, hospitals, and the pharmaceutical industry. 8. The perverse incentive system in which has extended the standards of care enormously from three decades ago due to the willingness of insurance companies to pay and the willingness of private physicians to make a buck. Brawley, by "breaking the ranks about being sick in America," points to his Jesuit education as a foundational experience for his life journey. A Jesuit teacher, Fr. Richard Polakowski, early in his life taught "Say what you know, what you don't know, and what you believe - and label it accordingly." Along the way, Brawley developed a set of maxims what would shape his life: 1. Be a man for others. Find work where you can make a difference. Use your God-given gifts to improve the lot of others. Always focus on improving the lot of others. Do this for the greater glory of God. 2. Be binary, know right and wrong. Be truthful. Have the courage to speak truth to power. 3. Never worry about people thinking you are different. Realize, people, both black and white, will try to discourage you. They will try to get at your self- confidence. 4. You will be tested. Always know your subject matter better than anyone else. You must be good. You must stand up to scrutiny. 5. Do not let the naysayers make you feel you cannot do something. They will call you arrogant. They will call you aloof. They will question your intelligence...spite them by succeeding. 6. Do not tolerate fools. Don't compromise on excellence. 7. Never let people put you down. 8. Feel sorry for people who see no challenges to overcome. Feel sorry for the selfish. Feel sorry for the fools. Remember you have character they cannot understand. Relish you have overcome challenges they could never overcome. As someone who has worked for over 40 years in healthcare, Brawley's book resonated with some of my own experiences. His perspective, while not inclusive, has great value. However, he fails to note the role of government in shaping the system we have today - diagnosis related groups (DRGs), resource-based relative value scale (RBRVS), CMS CP codes, Medicare and Medicaid cost shifting, and, for me personally, the role of the FDA in driving up the cost of medical innovation. Much of what he describes as systemic failure can be attributed to government intervention. The private sector's greediness is a response, much like Wall Street's and the public's greedy response to the government's "everyone should own a home" policy which led to the Great Recession of 2007-2009.
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Reviewed in the United States on October 30, 2012
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T. Burns
Draper, US
★★★★★ 5
A MUST read for any patient with cancer or for a physician
Format: Kindle
I would give this book 6 stars if I could. The book talks about medical care and cancer care in the United States. The care that many receive is very limited for the poor and poorly managed for the rich or well insured. We need treatments that have a scientific basis and a proven track record. Often Patients get pushed into testing that has not been shown to prolong life or decrease morbidity. A good example is PSA testing. The potential therapies can kill you or drastically take away quality of life. Would you take a test that might lead to wearing diapers for the rest of you life and not prolong your life ? If Your PSA is elevated does your doctor offer you 3 or 4 possible treatments and compare possible and likely outcomes? Is there any financial incentives for the proposed therapy? Is there an expensive piece of equipment that needs to be paid for? Have you been given a list of alternatives and expected outcomes? Unfortunately the current medical health care system is flooded with ignorance, apathy and often greed. Consumers (patient) need to know something about their disease. They must become active players. They should ask for proof that this therapy is better than another therapy. They also need to be able to ask their doctors "how many of these have you done and what outcomes have you had?" They need real expectations. If you have localized prostate disease that has a low risk of metastasis then why get the prostate ripped out ? Maybe it can be watched for 4 - 5 years before surgery and diapers and impotence. Greed? Yes boys and girls somebody has to pay for that 3 million dollar particle accelerator at your local hospital. Why should it be your life and body for some unproven therapy? Unfortunately education is a very difficult thing to do. You can tell I loved this book. Why is it the USA has such poor health outcomes? Over treatment can cause harm. Bone Marrow transplants for breast cancer is proof of the harm.
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Reviewed in the United States on July 7, 2014
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NoName
Los Angeles, US
★★★★★ 5
This book will educate and inform! A+
Format: Paperback
Now in my 7th decade, I spent my entire career in the pharmaceutical manufacturing industry. I can attest to the veracity of Dr. Brawley's dissertation. The maxim that all physicians and surgeons promise is the essential promise to "First, do no harm." Dr. Brawley teaches that not all who purport to care for us and our loved ones adhere to this promise. Just ask a vet. On the battlefield virtually all medical care is superb. Here at home, alas, it is not so. Too often, not always, but way too often he is right. Here's the bottom line. If you're not comfortable with what your being told about your health, or that of a loved one, don't hesitate, find another MD who though you may not like what they may say to you, you trust them with your life. That is exactly what you're doing. Much of the seeming heroics in medicine/surgery are really about making or saving money for the drug industry, or hospital, or doctor, or insurance carrier, and not about saving your backside. Certainly not always, perhaps not even most of the time, but way too often. Read this book and you'll be radically better equipped to understand just what may be driving the responses of the health care systems to your malady, and how you can assure the appropriate care for yourself or a loved one. Are there great doctors and hospitals out there? You bet there are. There are also those who couldn't care less about quality health care for you and are only focused on their own backside. This book will educate and inform you.
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Reviewed in the United States on August 20, 2016
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memyselfandi
Lexington, US
★★★★★ 5
"More" is not "better"
Format: Kindle
I had the privilege of working with Otis during part of his training at the National Cancer Institute at a time that policies on PSA and mammography screening were being newly scrutinized with respect to risk/benefit. The notion that screening might actually do more harm than good was seen as absolute heresy and I fondly remember the wonder and amazement in Otis' eyes as he unraveled to me just how this counter-intuitive idea could be so. Twenty years later, the truths I learned from Otis back then are still not widely appreciated among patients, indeed even doctors more sadly. I eagerly snatched this book up not only because I knew Otis and expected a riveting review of healthcare but because my experience in pharmaceutical development has led me to participate unintentionally in some of the perverse systems of conflicts of interest that characterize our healthcare system. I am at a personal watershed and this book is a strong antidote for what ails me, i.e. I feel emboldened to take my career in the direction of a solution rather than continue to contribute to the problem. Written for the general audience, We Do Harm breaks the ranks of legions of doctors who are invested in perpetuating a broken but remunerative healthcare system by introducing specific and by no means isolated instances where patients have been harmed. This book is at once disparaging of blind trust of one's physician and optimistic in that some stars like Otis and microcosms like Grady Memorial can and do avoid patient-disadvantaged conflicts of interest. This book provides evidence and motivation for every person in every role they engage in in the healthcare system: patient, consumer, provider, insurer, politician. No one can escape the relevance and import of the key message of this book that "more" is not always "better." Until such time, if ever, that our healthcare system operates under transparency, this is a must read for all. That means you! Now! It can't wait! I am a believer that healthcare quality will come from the bottom up and not the top down and this book exemplifies this spirit; read it and be empowered to ask the hard questions as to who is motivated to provide what care and at what personal gain.
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Reviewed in the United States on January 14, 2013
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Terry
Pawtucket, US
★★★★★ 5
I got what I needed.
Format: Paperback
I got the book I needed for school in a timely manner.
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Reviewed in the United States on June 9, 2021

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