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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.
300 $axvii, 228 p. :$bill ;$c24 cm.
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.
520 $aExamining the social, medical, and economic ramifications of a health care system that unnecessarily diagnoses and treats patients, Welch makes a reasoned call for change that would save us from countless unneeded surgeries, debilitating anxiety, and exorbitant costs.
650 0 $aDiagnostic errors.
650 0 $aMedical misconceptions.
650 0 $aMedical screening.
700 1 $aSchwartz, Lisa.
700 1 $aWoloshin, Steve.
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