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.
