TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gottfried,Dennis
TI  - Too much medicine: a doctor's prescription for better and more affordable health care 
SN  - 9781557788818 (pbk. : alk. paper)
AV  - RA410.53 .G68 2009
PY  - 2009///
CY  - St. Paul, MN
PB  - Paragon House
KW  - Medical care, Cost of
KW  - United States
KW  - Medical care
KW  - Cost control
KW  - Health care reform
N1  - 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
N2  - "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
ER  -