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020			_a9781557788818 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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050	0	0	_aRA410.53 _b.G68 2009
100	1		_aGottfried, Dennis, _d1946-
245	1	0	_aToo much medicine : _ba doctor's prescription for better and more affordable health care / _cDennis Gottfried.
250			_a1st ed.
260			_aSt. Paul, MN : _bParagon House, _c2009.
300			_axiii, 272 p. ; _c23 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 237-259) and index.
505	0		_aThe 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.
520			_a"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.
650		0	_aMedical care, Cost of _zUnited States.
650		0	_aMedical care _zUnited States _xCost control.
650		0	_aHealth care reform _zUnited States.
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