Too much medicine : a doctor's prescription for better and more affordable health care /
Dennis Gottfried.
- 1st ed.
- St. Paul, MN : Paragon House, 2009.
- xiii, 272 p. ; 23 cm.
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.