Overdiagnosed: Making People Sick in the Pursuit of Health

by Lisa M. Schwartz, Steven Woloshin, H. Gilbert Welch

Book Overview

A nationally recognized expert offers a searing expos of Big Pharma and the American healthcare system's zeal for excessive medical testing.

More screening doesn't lead to better health--but can turn healthy people into patients.

Going against the conventional wisdom reinforced by the medical establishment and Big Pharma that more screening is the best preventative medicine, Dr. Gilbert Welch builds a compelling counterargument...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807021997
• ISBN13: 9780807021996
• Release Date: January 2012
• Publisher: Beacon Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 8.8"