Less Medicine, More Health 7 Assumptions That Drive Too Much Medical Care

Name: Less Medicine, More Health 7 Assumptions That Drive Too Much Medical Care
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ISBN: 9780807071649

ISBN-10: 0807071641

ISBN-13: 9780807071649

Edition: 2015

Authors: Gilbert Welch

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The author of the highly acclaimed Overdiagnosed describes seven widespread assumptions that encourage excessive, often ineffective, and sometimes harmful medical care. To maintain a healthy lifestyle, the US Department of Health and Human Services advises the public to "eat smart, exercise regularly, and get routine health screenings." And that is absolutely correct--except for the checkup part. The American public has been sold the idea that seeking medical care is one of the most important steps to maintaining wellness. Surprisingly, medical care is not, in fact, well correlated with good health. The major determinants of health exist outside individual medical care. Dr. H. Gilbert…

Book details

List price: $27.95
Copyright year: 2015
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication date: 3/3/2015
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 240
Size: 6.38" wide x 11.22" long x 0.94" tall
Weight: 1.078
Language: English