Worried Sick

A Prescription for Health in an Overtreated America

Nortin M. Hadler (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

392 Seiten

2012 | 2nd Revised edition
The University of North Carolina Press (Verlag)
978-0-8078-8617-5 (ISBN)

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Nortin Hadler's clearly reasoned argument surmounts the cacophony of the health care debate. Hadler urges everyone to ask health care providers how likely it is that proposed treatments will afford meaningful benefits and he teaches how to actively listen to the answer. Each chapter of Worried Sick is an object lesson on the uses and abuses of common offerings, from screening tests to medical and surgical interventions. By learning to distinguish good medical advice from persuasive medical marketing, consumers can make better decisions about their personal health care and use that wisdom to inform their perspectives on health-policy issues.

Nortin M. Hadler, M.D., M.A.C.P., M.A.C.R., F.A.C.O.E.M., is professor of medicine and microbiology/immunology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA and attending rheumatologist at UNC Hospitals. He is author of several books, including Stabbed in the Back: Confronting Back Pain in an Overtreated Society and Rethinking Aging: Growing Old and Living Well in an Overtreated Society.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.1.2014
Reihe/Serie	H. Eugene and Lillian Youngs Lehman Series
Verlagsort	Chapel Hill
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	333 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitswesen
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Medizinethik
ISBN-10	0-8078-8617-3 / 0807886173
ISBN-13	978-0-8078-8617-5 / 9780807886175
Zustand	Neuware