| Description |
xvii, 228 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: Our enthusiasm for diagnosis -- Genesis : people become patients with high blood pressure -- We change the rules : how numbers get changed to give you diabetes, high cholesterol, and osteoporosis -- We are able to see more : how scans give you gallstones, damaged knee cartilage, bulging discs, abdominal aortic aneurysms, and blood clots -- We look harder for prostate cancer : how screening made it clear that overdiagnosis exists in cancer -- We look harder for other cancers -- We look harder for breast cancer -- We stumble onto incidentalomas that might be cancer -- We look harder for everything else : how screening gives you (and your baby) another set of problems -- We confuse DNA with disease : how genetic testing will give you almost anything -- Get the facts -- Get the system -- Get the big picture -- Conclusion: Pursuing health with less diagnosis. |
| Summary |
Examining the social, medical, and economic ramifications of a health care system that unnecessarily diagnoses and treats patients, Welch makes a reasoned call for change that would save us from countless unneeded surgeries, debilitating anxiety, and exorbitant costs. |
| Subject |
Diagnostic errors.
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Medical misconceptions.
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Medical screening.
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Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures -- ethics.
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Early Diagnosis.
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Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures -- utilization.
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Early Detection of Cancer -- ethics.
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Early Detection of Cancer -- utilization.
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Health Policy.
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| Added Author |
Schwartz, Lisa.
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Woloshin, Steve.
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| ISBN |
9780807022009 hardcover alkaline paper |
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0807022004 hardcover alkaline paper |
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9780807021996 paperback |
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0807021997 paperback |
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