Who Shall Live? Health, Economics, and Social Choice.

FUCHS, Victor R.

$400.00

Item Number: 107631

New York: Basic Books, 1974.

First edition of “by far, the best book on the subject of medicine as it relates to economics” (Minneapolis Tribune). Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “10/7/85 To Catie and Pod, with appreciation for a lovely evening. All good wishes, Vic.” Also laid in is an autographed letter signed to the same recipient  Near fine in a very good dust jacket.

In this classic book, Professor Victor Fuchs draws on his deep understanding of the strengths and limitations of economics and his intimate knowledge of health care institutions to help readers understand the problems every nation faces in trying to allocate health resources efficiently and equitably. "Page for page, there is more fact, and more illuminating principle, than in many books ten times its length" (The New York Times),