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Worried sick : a prescription for health in an overtreated America

Author:	Nortin M Hadler
Publisher:	Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2008.
Series:	H. Eugene and Lillian Youngs Lehman series.
Edition/Format:	eBook : Document : State or province government publication : EnglishView all editions and formats
Summary:	At a time when access to health care in the United States is being widely debated, Nortin Hadler urges that before we commit to paying for whatever pharmaceutical companies and the medical establishment tell us we need, American consumers need to adopt an attitude of skepticism and arm themselves with enough information to make some of their own decisions about what care is truly necessary. Each chapter of Worried Sick is an object lesson regarding the uses and abuses of a particular type of treatment, such as mammography, colorectal screening, statin drugs, or coronary stents. By learning to.  Read more...
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