Ebook: Overdiagnosed : making people sick in the pursuit of health
Author: Welch H. Gilbert, Woloshin Steve, Schwartz Lisa
- Tags: Diagnostic errors., Medical misconceptions., Medical screening., Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures -- ethics., Early Diagnosis., Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures -- utilization., Early Detection of Cancer -- ethics., Early Detection of Cancer -- utilization., Health Policy., Medical., HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General., MEDICAL -- Clinical Medicine., MEDICAL -- Diseases., MEDICAL -- Evidence-Based Medicine., MEDICAL -- Internal Medicine., Massundersökningar (medicin), Feldiagnoser.
- Year: 2011
- Publisher: Beacon Press
- City: Boston, Mass
- Language: English
- epub
Examining the social, medical, and economic ramifications of a health care system that unnecessarily diagnoses and treats patients, Welch makes a reasoned call for change that would save us from countless unneeded surgeries, debilitating anxiety, and exorbitant costs.
Abstract: Examining the social, medical, and economic ramifications of a health care system that unnecessarily diagnoses and treats patients, Welch makes a reasoned call for change that would save us from countless unneeded surgeries, debilitating anxiety, and exorbitant costs