Overdiagnosed: Making People Sick in the Pursuit of Health

by Lisa M. Schwartz, Steven Woloshin, H. Gilbert Welch

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A nationally recognized expert offers a searing expos of Big Pharma and the American healthcare system's zeal for excessive medical testing.

More screening doesn't lead to better health--but can turn healthy people into patients.

Going against the conventional wisdom reinforced by the medical establishment and Big Pharma that more screening is the best preventative medicine, Dr. Gilbert Welch builds a compelling counterargument...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0807021997

ISBN13:9780807021996

Release Date:January 2012

Publisher:Beacon Press

Length:248 Pages

Weight:0.86 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 6.1" x 8.8"

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Administration & Medicine Economics Diagnosis Doctor-Patient Relations Health Care Delivery Health Policy Medical Medical Books Medical Ethics Medicine

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