The treatment trap : how the overuse of medical care is wrecking your health and what you can do to prevent it /

Discusses the overuse of medical care, shares stories of well-insured people who received expensive procedures that made their conditions worse, and outlines a ten-step plan to improve patient outcomes across the board.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gibson, Rosemary, 1956-
Otros Autores: Singh, Janardan Prasad, 1960-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : Ivan R. Dee, 2010.
Temas:
Surgery, Unnecessary > United States.
Medical care > Utilization > United States.
Health care reform > United States.
Health promotion.
Health care reform.
Unnecessary Procedures > statistics & numerical data
Delivery of Health Care > statistics & numerical data
Health Promotion
Health Care Reform
Chirurgie inutile > États-Unis.
Soins médicaux > Utilisation > États-Unis.
Services de santé > Réforme > États-Unis.
Promotion de la santé.
Services de santé > Réforme.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Health Care Issues.
MEDICAL > Public Health.
MEDICAL > Health Policy.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > General.
MEDICAL > Diseases.
MEDICAL > Health Care Delivery.
Health promotion
Health care reform
Medical care > Utilization
Surgery, Unnecessary
United States
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