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Very good in very good dust jacket. Ex-library. Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 228 p. Contains: Illustrations, black & white, Tables, black & white, Figures. Audience: General/trade. LCCN 2010037078 Type of material Book Personal name Welch, H. Gilbert. Main title Overdiagnosed: making people sick in the pursuit of health / H. Gilbert Welch, Lisa M. Schwartz, and Steven Woloshin. Published/Created Boston, Mass. : Beacon Press, c2011. Description xvii, 228 p. : ill.; 24 cm ISBN 9780807022009 (hardcover: alk. paper) LC classification RC71.3. W45 2011 Related names Schwartz, Lisa M. (Lisa Miriam), 1963-2018. Woloshin, Steve. Contents Genesis: people become patients with high blood pressure--We change the rules: how numbers get changed to give you diabetes, high cholesterol, and osteoporosis--We are able to see more: how scans give you gallstones, damaged knee cartilage, bulging discs, abdominal aortic aneurysms, and blood clots--We look harder for prostate cancer: how screening made it clear that overdiagnosis exists in cancer--We look harder for other cancers--We look harder for breast cancer--We stumble onto incidentalomas that might be cancer--We look harder for everything else: how screening gives you (and your baby) another set of problems--We confuse DNA with disease: how genetic testing will give you almost anything--Get the facts--Get the system--Get the big picture--Conclusion: pursuing health with less diagnosis. LC Subjects Diagnostic errors. Medical misconceptions. Medical screening. Other Subjects Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures--ethics. Early Diagnosis. Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures--utilization. Early Detection of Cancer--ethics. Early Detection of Cancer--utilization. Health Policy. Notes Includes bibliographical references and index. Dewey class no. 616.07/54 NLM class no. WB 60 Other system no. (DNLM)101539148
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Fair. This is a used book. It may contain highlighting/underlining and/or the book may show heavier signs of wear. It may also be ex-library or without dustjacket. This is a used book. It may contain highlighting/underlining and/or the book may show heavier signs of wear. It may also be ex-library or without dustjacket.