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" The treatment trap : "
Rosemary Gibson, Janardan Prasad Singh.
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BL
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695965
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b518154
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| Main Entry
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Gibson, Rosemary,1956-
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| Title & Author
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The treatment trap : : how the overuse of medical care is wrecking your health and what you can do to prevent it /\ Rosemary Gibson, Janardan Prasad Singh.
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Chicago :: Ivan R. Dee,, 2010.
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237 pages ;; 23 cm
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1566638429 (cloth : alk. paper)
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: 9781566638425 (cloth : alk. paper)
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Dare to look. Voices in the wilderness ; A doctor's tale ; How did we come to this? ; The human face of "too much" ; Are you being nuked? -- Uncertainty, marketing, and money. Uncertainty ; Madison Avenue marketing vs. medicine : a family's story ; Marinated minds ; The chapter you won't want to read -- Learn and live. Bypassing the bypass ; Do it with me, not to me -- Every problem has a solution. Cull the overuse, not the people ; The other inconvenient truth ; A ten-step recovery plan ; Twenty smart ways to protect yourself.
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Discusses the overuse of medical care, shares stories of well-insured people who received expensive procedures that made their conditions worse, and outlines a ten-step plan to improve patient outcomes across the board.
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Health care reform-- United States.
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Medical care-- Utilization-- United States.
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Surgery, Unnecessary-- United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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362.10973
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RD27.8.G53 2010
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Singh, Janardan Prasad,1960-
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