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    A Sick System

    By Martin McCorkle

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    Set in a near-future emergency department, A Sick System opens with a mother waiting to see her sick eight-year-old son, his parents’ only focus being his recovery. Then comes Universal Health Care and treatment is forever changed—as are the lives of those under its thumb. This novella interacts with most of the ideas feeding the current debate: liberalism and conservatism; capitalism, socialism and communism; individual and collective identity; class envy; what it means to be human; justice and fairness; as well as security and freedom. Unlike a classroom, textbook, or political speech, A Sick System treats these issues in the real and emotional contexts of illness and death.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTouchPoint Press
    Release dateSep 6, 2013
    ISBN9781301137589
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    A Sick System
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    Martin McCorkle

    Martin McCorkle has lived an accomplished and varied life. He has hiked over four thousand miles all over America, despite a physical disability. He is married and has raised three sons, pastored two churches, and owned a Great Harvest Bread Company store. He is also the author of Walk With Me: The Story of One Man’s Life with Muscular Degeneration and His 1,700-Mile Walk through California, soon to be republished through TouchPoint Press.

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