| Description |
xxi, 250 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The medical prognosis: why more is not necessarily better--Dissecting the practice of medicine--Nothing exceeds like excess--Are you past your expiration date?--Screening out common sense--News from the front: the war on prostate and other cancers--Diabetes: things you may not know--Why some think threading the artery is easier than threading the needle in cardiovascular disease--Degenerative, infectious, and autoimmune diseases--Making the best medical decisions for you--How to do more good than harm. |
| Subject |
Medical care -- United States -- Evaluation.
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Medical economics.
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| Added Author |
Bellomo, Michael.
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| ISBN |
9780814400272 |
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0814400272 |
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