Overdiagnosed : Making People Sick in the Pursuit of Health (Paperback)

from bness2

This is a book all healthcare consumers should read. Even if you don't end up agreeing with everything the author says, it will give you tools to better evaluate what diagnostic screening tests you should use and the often hidden risks behind much of the medical screening that is done. Americans ...

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Bashing the status quo is a common theme in popular health and medical non-fiction. Atul Gawande did it in Being Mortal, where he dispels the notion that extending lifespan is the sole goal of treating the elderly. Giles Yeo did it in his anti-diet Gene Eating. Overdiagnosed has a similar mission...

from Jeannine504

I read this book straight thru because it made me feel so good about my decision not to take screening tests.

from GlennBell

The book is well written and well researched. I appreciate the honesty and patient caring personality of the author. I feel that his perspective is correct but not well understood. I strongly recommend this book.

from cdeuker

Important book about the information age turning us all into patients. The PSA test for prostate cancer will serve as a quick example. Now that the test exists, men are told they should get it. A score of 2.5 or above is bad--cancer lurks. So everybody above 2.4 becomes a "cancer" patient. Their ...