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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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Overdiagnosed, H. Gilbert Welch, Lisa Schwartz, Steve Woloshin
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- Released
- 2018
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- Title
- Overdiagnosed
- Language
- English
- Authors
- H. Gilbert Welch, Lisa Schwartz, Steve Woloshin
- Publisher
- Beacon Press
- Released
- 2018
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 248
- ISBN10
- 0807021997
- ISBN13
- 9780807021996
- Series
- Rating
- 4.3 out of 5
- Description
- 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.