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Worried Sick

A Prescription for Health in an Overtreated America

Nortin M. Hadler M.D.

Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Imprint: The University of North Carolina Press
Published: 02/2012
Pages: 392
Subject: Health and Fitness, Medical | University of North Carolina
Print ISBN: 9.78E+12
eBook ISBN: 9780807882719

DESCRIPTION

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 Sick is an object lesson on the uses and abuses of common offerings, from screening tests to medical and surgical interventions. By learning to distinguish good medical advice from persuasive medical marketing, consumers can make better decisions about their personal health care and use that wisdom to inform their perspectives on health-policy issues.

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