Is Prevention Better than Cure?

by Louise B. Russell

Book Overview

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A growing body of research indicates that prevention offers the promise of better ways to maintain health and extend life. In this timely volume, Louise B. Russell shows that preventive measures are not as simple as often depicted--while many do improve health, they are not without risk or cost, and in fact rarely reduce medical expenditures. Each measure, she argues, must be evaluated individually and in all its dimensions: health benefits, health...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815776314
• ISBN13: 9780815776314
• Release Date: January 1986
• Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
• Length: 146 Pages
• Weight: 0.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"