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

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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.
Temas:
Medical care > United States.
Medical policy > United States.
Older people > Medical care > United States.
Medical care > Utilization > United States.
Health care reform > United States.
Medical policy.
Health promotion.
Delivery of Health Care > statistics & numerical data
Aging > psychology
Health Policy
Health Promotion
Unnecessary Procedures > statistics & numerical data
Politique sanitaire > États-Unis.
Personnes âgées > Soins médicaux > États-Unis.
Soins médicaux > Utilisation > États-Unis.
Services de santé > Réforme > États-Unis.
Politique sanitaire.
Promotion de la santé.
Health promotion
Health care reform
Medical care
Medical care > Utilization
Medical policy
Older people > Medical care
United States
Popular Work
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • The beleaguered prostate
  • Disease mongering
  • Creakiness
  • It's in your mind
  • Aging is not a disease
  • Working to death
  • "Alternative" therapies are not "complementary"
  • Assuring health, insuring disease.

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