MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 02058nam a22003858a 4500
001 2010037078
003 DLC
005 20100914155341.0
008 100827s2011 mau b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2010037078
020 $a9780807022009 (hardcover : alk. paper)
035 $a(DNLM)101539148
040 $aDNLM/DLC$cDLC
042 $apcc
050 00 $aRC71.3$b.W45 2011
060 10 $aWB 60
082 00 $a616.07/54$222
100 1 $aWelch, H. Gilbert.
245 10 $aOverdiagnosed :$bmaking people sick in the pursuit of health /$cH. Gilbert Welch, Lisa Schwartz, Steven Woloshin.
260 $aBoston, Mass. :$bBeacon Press,$cc2011.
263 $a1101
300 $ap. ;$ccm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aGenesis : people become patients with high blood pressure -- We change the rules : how numbers get changed to give you diabetes, high cholesterol, and osteoporosis -- We are able to see more : how scans give you gallstones, damaged knee cartilage, bulging discs, abdominal aortic aneurysms, and blood clots -- We look harder for prostate cancer : how screening made it clear that overdiagnosis exists in cancer -- We look harder for other cancers -- We look harder for breast cancer -- We stumble onto incidentalomas that might be cancer -- We look harder for everything else : how screening gives you (and your baby) another set of problems -- We confuse DNA with disease : how genetic testing will give you almost anything -- Get the facts -- Get the system -- Get the big picture -- Conclusion : pursuing health with less diagnosis.
650 0 $aDiagnostic errors.
650 0 $aMedical misconceptions.
650 0 $aMedical screening.
650 12 $aDiagnostic Techniques and Procedures$xethics.
650 12 $aEarly Diagnosis.
650 22 $aDiagnostic Techniques and Procedures$xutilization.
650 22 $aEarly Detection of Cancer$xethics.
650 22 $aEarly Detection of Cancer$xutilization.
650 22 $aHealth Policy.
700 1 $aSchwartz, Lisa.
700 1 $aWoloshin, Steve.