Seeking Sickness: Medical Screening and the Misguided Hunt for Disease

by Alan Cassels

Book Overview

Why wouldn't you want to be screened to see if you're at risk for cancer, heart disease, or another potentially lethal condition? After all, better safe than sorry. Right? Not so fast, says Alan Cassels. His Seeking Sickness takes us inside the world of medical screening, where well-meaning practitioners and a profit-motivated industry offer to save our lives by exploiting our fears. He writes that promoters of screening overpromise on its benefits...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1771000325
• ISBN13: 9781771000321
• Release Date: July 2012
• Publisher: Greystone Books
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.4"