Bibliograph

Overtreated, why too much medicine is making us sicker and poorer, Shannon Brownlee

Type

Label

Overtreated, why too much medicine is making us sicker and poorer, Shannon Brownlee

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-330) and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Overtreated

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

137325161

Responsibility statement

Shannon Brownlee

Sub title

why too much medicine is making us sicker and poorer

Summary

A critique of the modern-day American health-care system looks at the potential consequences of overtreatment, revealing how modern medicine provides huge amounts of unnecessary care that is wasteful, expensive, and dangerous to the health of patients

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