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Worried Sick: A Prescription for Health in an Overtreated America (H. Eugene and Lillian Youngs Lehman)
by Nortin M Hadler
Synopses & Reviews At a time when access to health care in the United States is being widely debated, Nortin Hadler argues that an even more important issue is being overlooked. Although necessary health care should be available to all who need it, he says, the current health-care debate assumes that everyone requires massive amounts of expensive care to stay healthy. Hadler urges that before we commit to paying for whatever pharmaceutical companies and the medical establishment tell us we need, American consumers need to adopt an attitude of skepticism and arm themselves with enough information to make some of their own decisions about what care is truly necessary.
Each chapter of Worried Sick is an object lesson regarding the uses and abuses of a particular type of treatment, such as mammography, colorectal screening, statin drugs, or coronary stents. For consumers and medical professionals interested in understanding the scientific basis for Hadler's arguments, each topical chapter has an accompanying source chapter in which Hadler discusses the medical literature and studies that inform his critique.
According to Hadler, a major stumbling block to rational health-care policy in the United States is contention over the very concept of what constitutes good health. By learning to distinguish good medical advice from persuasive medical marketing, consumers can make better decisions about their personal health and use that wisdom to inform their perspectives on health-policy issues.
About the Author Nortin M. Hadler, M.D., is professor of medicine and microbiology/immunology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and is attending rheumatologist at UNC Hospitals. He is author or editor of numerous books, including The Last Well Person: How to Stay Well Despite the Health-Care System .
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ISBN: 9780807831878 Subtitle: A Prescription for Health in an Overtreated America Author: Hadler, Nortin M Author: Hadler, Nortin M. Author: MD, Nortin M. Hadler Author: Hadler, MD, Nortin M. Author: Hadler, MD Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press Subject: Health Care Issues Subject: Health; Medicine; medicalization; heart disease; breast cancer; health care; Type II Medical Malpractice; colon cancer; statin drugs; colorectal screening; pharmaceutical industry; Methuselah Complex; cardiology; cholesterol; blood sugar; blood pressure; Subject: Physician & Patient Subject: Aging Subject: Psychology Subject: Health Care Delivery Subject: Health; Medicine; medicalization; heart disease; breast cancer; health care; Type II Medical Malpractice; colon cancer; statin drugs; colorectal screening; pharmaceutical industry; Methuselah Complex; cardiology; cholesterol; blood sugar; blood pressure; Subject: Medical care -- United States. Subject: Medical policy -- United States. Subject: Health; Medicine; medicalization; heart disease; breast cancer; health care; Type II Medical Malpractice; colon cancer; statin drugs; colorectal screening; pharmaceutical industry; Methuselah Complex; cardiology; cholesterol; blood sugar; blood pressure; Subject: Health; Medicine; medicalization; heart disease; breast cancer; health care; Type II Medical Malpractice; colon cancer; statin drugs; colorectal screening; pharmaceutical industry; Methuselah Complex; cardiology; cholesterol; blood sugar; blood pressure; Subject: Health; Medicine; medicalization; heart disease; breast cancer; health care; Type II Medical Malpractice; colon cancer; statin drugs; colorectal screening; pharmaceutical industry; Methuselah Complex; cardiology; cholesterol; blood sugar; blood pressure; Subject: Health; Medicine; medicalization; heart disease; breast cancer; health care; Type II Medical Malpractice; colon cancer; statin drugs; colorectal screening; pharmaceutical industry; Methuselah Complex; cardiology; cholesterol; blood sugar; blood pressure; Subject: Health; Medicine; medicalization; heart disease; breast cancer; health care; Type II Medical Malpractice; colon cancer; statin drugs; colorectal screening; pharmaceutical industry; Methuselah Complex; cardiology; cholesterol; blood sugar; blood pressure; Subject: Health; Medicine; medicalization; heart disease; breast cancer; health care; Type II Medical Malpractice; colon cancer; statin drugs; colorectal screening; pharmaceutical industry; Methuselah Complex; cardiology; cholesterol; blood sugar; blood pressure; Subject: Health; Medicine; medicalization; heart disease; breast cancer; health care; Type II Medical Malpractice; colon cancer; statin drugs; colorectal screening; pharmaceutical industry; Methuselah Complex; cardiology; cholesterol; blood sugar; blood pressure; Subject: Health; Medicine; medicalization; heart disease; breast cancer; health care; Type II Medical Malpractice; colon cancer; statin drugs; colorectal screening; pharmaceutical industry; Methuselah Complex; cardiology; cholesterol; blood sugar; blood pressure; Subject: Health; Medicine; medicalization; heart disease; breast cancer; health care; Type II Medical Malpractice; colon cancer; statin drugs; colorectal screening; pharmaceutical industry; Methuselah Complex; cardiology; cholesterol; blood sugar; blood pressure; Subject: Health; Medicine; medicalization; heart disease; breast cancer; health care; Type II Medical Malpractice; colon cancer; statin drugs; colorectal screening; pharmaceutical industry; Methuselah Complex; cardiology; cholesterol; blood sugar; blood pressure; Subject: Health; Medicine; medicalization; heart disease; breast cancer; health care; Type II Medical Malpractice; colon cancer; statin drugs; colorectal screening; pharmaceutical industry; Methuselah Complex; cardiology; cholesterol; blood sugar; blood pressure; Subject: Health; Medicine; medicalization; heart disease; breast cancer; health care; Type II Medical Malpractice; colon cancer; statin drugs; colorectal screening; pharmaceutical industry; Methuselah Complex; cardiology; cholesterol; blood sugar; blood pressure; Subject: Health; Medicine; medicalization; heart disease; breast cancer; health care; Type II Medical Malpractice; colon cancer; statin drugs; colorectal screening; pharmaceutical industry; Methuselah Complex; cardiology; cholesterol; blood sugar; blood pressure; Subject: Health; Medicine; medicalization; heart disease; breast cancer; health care; Type II Medical Malpractice; colon cancer; statin drugs; colorectal screening; pharmaceutical industry; Methuselah Complex; cardiology; cholesterol; blood sugar; blood pressure; Subject: Health; Medicine; medicalization; heart disease; breast cancer; health care; Type II Medical Malpractice; colon cancer; statin drugs; colorectal screening; pharmaceutical industry; Methuselah Complex; cardiology; cholesterol; blood sugar; blood pressure; Subject: Health; Medicine; medicalization; heart disease; breast cancer; health care; Type II Medical Malpractice; colon cancer; statin drugs; colorectal screening; pharmaceutical industry; Methuselah Complex; cardiology; cholesterol; blood sugar; blood pressure; Subject: Health; Medicine; medicalization; heart disease; breast cancer; health care; Type II Medical Malpractice; colon cancer; statin drugs; colorectal screening; pharmaceutical industry; Methuselah Complex; cardiology; cholesterol; blood sugar; blood pressure; Subject: Health; Medicine; medicalization; heart disease; breast cancer; health care; Type II Medical Malpractice; colon cancer; statin drugs; colorectal screening; pharmaceutical industry; Methuselah Complex; cardiology; cholesterol; blood sugar; blood pressure; Subject: Health; Medicine; medicalization; heart disease; breast cancer; health care; Type II Medical Malpractice; colon cancer; statin drugs; colorectal screening; pharmaceutical industry; Methuselah Complex; cardiology; cholesterol; blood sugar; blood pressure; Subject: Health; Medicine; medicalization; heart disease; breast cancer; health care; Type II Medical Malpractice; colon cancer; statin drugs; colorectal screening; pharmaceutical industry; Methuselah Complex; cardiology; cholesterol; blood sugar; blood pressure; Subject: Health; Medicine; medicalization; heart disease; breast cancer; health care; Type II Medical Malpractice; colon cancer; statin drugs; colorectal screening; pharmaceutical industry; Methuselah Complex; cardiology; cholesterol; blood sugar; blood pressure; Subject: Health; Medicine; medicalization; heart disease; breast cancer; health care; Type II Medical Malpractice; colon cancer; statin drugs; colorectal screening; pharmaceutical industry; Methuselah Complex; cardiology; cholesterol; blood sugar; blood pressure; Subject: Health; Medicine; medicalization; heart disease; breast cancer; health care; Type II Medical Malpractice; colon cancer; statin drugs; colorectal screening; pharmaceutical industry; Methuselah Complex; cardiology; cholesterol; blood sugar; blood pressure; Subject: Health; Medicine; medicalization; heart disease; breast cancer; health care; Type II Medical Malpractice; colon cancer; statin drugs; colorectal screening; pharmaceutical industry; Methuselah Complex; cardiology; cholesterol; blood sugar; blood pressure; Subject: Health; Medicine; medicalization; heart disease; breast cancer; health care; Type II Medical Malpractice; colon cancer; statin drugs; colorectal screening; pharmaceutical industry; Methuselah Complex; cardiology; cholesterol; blood sugar; blood pressure; Subject: Health; Medicine; medicalization; heart disease; breast cancer; health care; Type II Medical Malpractice; colon cancer; statin drugs; colorectal screening; pharmaceutical industry; Methuselah Complex; cardiology; cholesterol; blood sugar; blood pressure; Subject: Health Subject: Medicine Subject: medicalization Subject: Heart Disease Subject: Breast -- Cancer. Subject: Health care Subject: Type II Medical Malpractice Subject: Colon Cancer Subject: statin drugs Subject: colorectal screening Subject: Pharmaceutical industry Subject: Methuselah Complex Subject: Cardiology Subject: Cholesterol Subject: Blood sugar Subject: Blood pressure Subject: Prostate Subject: Osteoporosis Subject: Alternative medicine Subject: Therapy Subject: therapies Subject: Drugs Subject: Surgery Subject: clinical procedure Subject: Nutrition Subject: Epidemiology Subject: Mastectomy Subject: Lumpectomy Subject: actual risk Subject: relative risk Subject: Popperians Subject: Sir Austin Bradford Hill Subject: Sir Richard Doll Subject: Fibromyalgia Subject: NSAID Subject: Pharma Subject: ceutical industry Subject: Health and Medicine-General Subject: /col Subject: on cancer Copyright: 2008 Edition Description: Hardcover Series: H. Eugene and Lillian Youngs Lehman Publication Date: 20080602 Binding: Hardback Language: English Illustrations: 13 tables Pages: 392 Dimensions: 9.5 x 6.38 in
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