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Title
Too much medicine : a doctor's prescription for better and more affordable health care
Type
Text
Subject
Medical care, Cost of--United States (LCSH)
Medical care--United States--Cost control (LCSH)
Health care reform--United States (LCSH)
Health Services--trends--United States. (MESH)
Health Care Costs--trends--United States. (MESH)
Health Care Reform--United States. (MESH)
Health Care Sector--trends--United States. (MESH)
Language
English
Geographic Coverage
United States
Classification
LCC: RA410.53 .G68 2009
Content
text
Summary
"Describes why the cost of healthcare is skyrocketing and what patients need to know to protect themselves from needless procedures. Offers examples and suggestions for a better healthcare system with dramatic cost reductions"--Provided by publisher.
Table Of Contents
The golden age of medicine, tarnished : how health care has evolved
Disease fiefdoms : how the glut of specialists hurts our health
The little purple pill : how the pharmaceutical industry peddles drugs
Cultural snapshot : how consumer and advocacy groups influence medicine
The sword of Damocles : how the threat of malpractice suits injures medical care
In the beginning : how America has created a business of birth
Balloons, stents, and knives : the heart of the matter
Below the belt : prostate cancer screening
A new cottage industry : looking for colon cancer
The breast decision : mammograms, hope or reality?
When the bone breaks : the osteoporosis industry
At the end : the high cost of dying in America
Transforming our diseased health care system : proposals for cure.
Authorized Access Point
Gottfried, Dennis, 1946- Too much medicine : a doctor's prescription for better and more affordable health care