This book provides an overview of the interdisciplinary nature of facilities management. It discusses the framework within which facilites managers should operate and the key requirements of their task.
Geyman (emeritus, family medicine, U. of Washington) spent 13 years in rural practice before turning to academia. Over 30 years he watched control of the US health-care system shift from medical professionals and not-for-profit interests to a relatively small number of large hea…
Annotation The author explores how the corporate transformation of hospitals, HMOs, and the insurance and pharmaceutical industries has resulted in reduction in services, dangerous cost cutting, poor regulation, and corrupt research. He sheds light on the political lobbying and …