Worried Sick: A Prescription for Health in an Overtreated America

by Nortin M. Hadler

Book Overview

At a time when access to health care in the United States is being widely debated, Nortin Hadler argues that an even more important issue is being overlooked. Although necessary health care should be available to all who need it, he says, the current health-care debate assumes that everyone requires massive amounts of expensive care to stay healthy. Hadler urges that before we commit to paying for whatever pharmaceutical companies and the medical...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807831875
• ISBN13: 9780807831878
• Release Date: June 2008
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 1.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.3"