Author: Shannon Brownlee
Edition: 1
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 1582345791
Edition: 1
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 1582345791
Overtreated: Why Too Much Medicine Is Making Us Sicker and Poorer
"My choice for the economics book of the year.
For those fortunate enough to reside in the developed world, death before reaching a ripe old age is a tragedy, not a fact of life. Although aging and dying are not diseases, older Americans are subject to the most egregious marketing in the name of "successful aging" and "long life," as if both are commodities. In Rethinking Aging , Nortin M. Hadler examines health-care choices offered to aging Americans and argues that too often the choices serve to profit the provider rather than benefit the recipient, leading to the medicalization of everyday ailments and blatant overtreatment. Rethinking Aging forewarns and arms readers with evidence-based insights that facilitate health-promoting decision making. Over the past decade, Hadler has established himself as a leading voice among those who approach the menu of health-care choices with informed skepticism. Only the rigorous demonstration of efficacy is adequate reassurance of a treatment's value, he argues; if it cannot be shown that a particular treatment will benefit the patient, one should proceed with caution. In Rethinking Aging , Hadler offers a doctor's perspective on the medical literature as well as his long clinical experience to help readers assess their health-care options and make informed medical choices in the last decades of life. The challenges of aging and dying, he eloquently assures us, can be faced with sophistication, confidence, and grace.
.it's the best description I have yet read of a huge economic problem that we know how to solve-but is so often misunderstood."-David Leonhardt, New York TimesOur health care is staggeringly expensive, yet one in six Americans has no health insurance. We have some of the most skilled physicians in the world, yet one hundred thousand patients die each year from medical errors. In this gripping, eye-opening book, award-winning journalist Shannon Brownlee takes readers inside the hospital to dismantle some of our most venerated myths about American medicine. Brownlee dissects what she calls "the medical-industrial complex" and lays bare the backward econom
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St Martins Pr 9781582345796 Overtreated By Brownlee, Shannon Description A critique of the modern-day American health-care system looks at the potential consequences of the current emphasis on overtreatment, revealing how modern medicine provides huge amounts of unnecessary care that is wasteful, expensive, and dangerous to the health of patients. *Author: Brownlee, Shannon *Subtitle: Why Too Much Medicine Is Making Us Sicker and Poorer *Publication Date: 2008/09/02 *Number of Pages: 350 *Bindi
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.it's the best description I have yet read of a huge economic problem that we know how to solve-but is so often misunderstood."-David Leonhardt, New York TimesOur health care is staggeringly expensive, yet one in six Americans has no health insurance. We have some of the most skilled physicians in the world, yet one hundred thousand patients die each year from medical errors
Brownlee dissects what she calls "the medical-industrial complex" and lays bare the backward econom
