Overdiagnosed: Making People Sick in the Pursuit of Health
Author(s): H. Gilbert Welch; Lisa Schwartz; Steve Woloshin
A complex web of factors has created the phenomenon of overdiagnosis: the popular media promotes fear of disease and perpetuates the myth that early, aggressive treatment is always best; in an attempt to avoid lawsuits, doctors have begun to leave no test undone, no abnormality overlooked; and profits are being made from screenings, medical procedures, and pharmaceuticals. Revealing the social, medical, and economic ramifications of a health-care system that overdiagnoses and overtreats patients, Dr. H. Gilbert Welch makes a reasoned call for change that would save us pain, worry, and money.
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Dr. H. Gilbert Welch is a renowned authority on the effects of medical screening who has appeared on "The Today Show, " CNN, NPR, and in the "New York Times" and "Washington Post." He and his coauthors, Dr. Lisa M. Schwartz and Dr. Steven Woloshin, nationally recognized experts in risk communication, are professors at the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice.
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- : Beacon Press
- : Beacon Press
- : 0.368
- : 31 December 2011
- : 229mm X 152mm X 18mm
- : United States
- : books
Special Fields
- : H. Gilbert Welch; Lisa Schwartz; Steve Woloshin
- : Paperback
- : English
- : 616.07/54
- : 248
- : MJAD