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Worried sick : a prescription for health in an overtreated America /

Nortin Hadler's clearly reasoned argument surmounts the cacophony of the health care debate. Hadler urges everyone to ask health care providers how likely it is that proposed treatments will afford meaningful benefits and he teaches how to actively listen to the answer. Each chapter of Worried...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hadler, Nortin M.
Otros Autores: Brownlee, Shannon, Lenzer, Jeanne
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2012.
Colección:H. Eugene and Lillian Youngs Lehman series.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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