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Too much medicine : a doctor's prescription for better and more affordable health care / Dennis Gottfried.

By: Publication details: St. Paul, MN : Paragon House, 2009.Edition: 1st edDescription: xiii, 272 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9781557788818 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 1557788812 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • RA410.53 .G68 2009
Contents:
The golden age of medicine, tarnished : how health care has evolved -- Disease fiefdoms : how the glut of specialists hurts our health -- The little purple pill : how the pharmaceutical industry peddles drugs -- Cultural snapshot : how consumer and advocacy groups influence medicine -- The sword of Damocles : how the threat of malpractice suits injures medical care -- In the beginning : how America has created a business of birth -- Balloons, stents, and knives : the heart of the matter -- Below the belt : prostate cancer screening -- A new cottage industry : looking for colon cancer -- The breast decision : mammograms, hope or reality? -- When the bone breaks : the osteoporosis industry -- At the end : the high cost of dying in America -- Transforming our diseased health care system : proposals for cure.
Summary: "Describes why the cost of healthcare is skyrocketing and what patients need to know to protect themselves from needless procedures. Offers examples and suggestions for a better healthcare system with dramatic cost reductions"--Provided by publisher.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book NMC Library Stacks RA410.53 .G68 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039001112415

Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-259) and index.

The golden age of medicine, tarnished : how health care has evolved -- Disease fiefdoms : how the glut of specialists hurts our health -- The little purple pill : how the pharmaceutical industry peddles drugs -- Cultural snapshot : how consumer and advocacy groups influence medicine -- The sword of Damocles : how the threat of malpractice suits injures medical care -- In the beginning : how America has created a business of birth -- Balloons, stents, and knives : the heart of the matter -- Below the belt : prostate cancer screening -- A new cottage industry : looking for colon cancer -- The breast decision : mammograms, hope or reality? -- When the bone breaks : the osteoporosis industry -- At the end : the high cost of dying in America -- Transforming our diseased health care system : proposals for cure.

"Describes why the cost of healthcare is skyrocketing and what patients need to know to protect themselves from needless procedures. Offers examples and suggestions for a better healthcare system with dramatic cost reductions"--Provided by publisher.

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