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Worried sick : a prescription for health in an overtreated America /
At a time when access to health care in the United States is being widely debated, Nortin 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 wi...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chapel Hill :
University of North Carolina Press,
©2008.
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| Colección: | H. Eugene and Lillian Youngs Lehman series.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | At a time when access to health care in the United States is being widely debated, Nortin 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. By learning to. |
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| Notas: | "A Caravan book"--Title page verso |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (376 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-353) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780807886182 0807886181 9781469602233 1469602237 9780807882719 0807882712 |