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Product Description If the safety record of American hospitals were applied to the airline industry… …a fully loaded 747 would crash every other week. No matter your political beliefs, no matter your age or job, everyone needs access to quality healthcare. Unfortunately, in America we cannot seem to agree on how best to provide it. With over thirty years of experience in the medical field, Joseph Q. Jarvis, MD, MSPH offers an in-depth look at our options: • How do we make safe health care choices? • Where have the politicians gotten it wrong? • What can we do now to fix it? Using true stories from his medical career and memorable anecdotes—you’ll never believe what one drunk miner did with a rabid bat!—Dr. Jarvis reveals the problems with American health care. Along with this, he offers dynamic solutions and a path forward. If you’re looking to understand America’s crazy medical system, The Purple World is your best chance. Step up, learn more, and take charge of your own health care. Review " The Purple World is a unique and inspiring story of a medical professional who has stood on the front lines of the healthcare crisis in America. Most importantly, the book presents some viable solutions that could carry the country forward in a healthy, sustainable, and more humane way.Wherever you fall in this debate, there is much to be learned from the author's perspective and experiences." - Self-Publishing Review "In The Purple World , Dr. Joseph Q. Jarvis gives readers a factual, comprehensive and well-written look at this very serious issue, not only telling what's wrong with US healthcare, but giving information on how to make the system work. A worthwhile read for every US citizen." - IndieReader Review Starred Review by Blue Ink "Joseph Q. Jarvis has been examining America's broken health-care system as a doctor and public health official for 40 years, and he has a sensible, reasoned prescription to fix what ails it, all detailed in his valuable and persuasive book, The Purple World ."