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100 1 a| Welch, H. Gilbert.;

245 10 a| Overdiagnosed :b| making people sick in the pursuit of health /c| H. Gilbert Welch, Lisa Schwartz, Steven Woloshin.;

300 a| xvii, 228 pages :b| illustrations ;c| 24 cm;

336 a| text2| rdacontent;

337 a| unmediated2| rdamedia;

338 a| volume2| rdacarrier;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references and index.;

505 0 a| Introduction: Our enthusiasm for diagnosis -- 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.;

520 a| Examining the social, medical, and economic ramifications of a health care system that unnecessarily diagnoses and treats patients, Welch makes a reasoned call for change that would save us from countless unneeded surgeries, debilitating anxiety, and exorbitant costs.;

650 0 a| Diagnostic errors.;

650 0 a| Medical misconceptions.;

650 0 a| Medical screening.;

650 12 a| Diagnostic Techniques and Proceduresx| ethics.;

650 12 a| Early Diagnosis.;

650 22 a| Diagnostic Techniques and Proceduresx| utilization.;

650 22 a| Early Detection of Cancerx| ethics.;

650 22 a| Early Detection of Cancerx| utilization.;

650 22 a| Health Policy.;

700 1 a| Schwartz, Lisa.;

700 1 a| Woloshin, Steve.;

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Overdiagnosed : making people sick in the pursuit of health / H. Gilbert Welch, Lisa Schwartz, Steven Woloshin.

Author/creator	Welch, H. Gilbert
Other author	Schwartz, Lisa.
Other author	Woloshin, Steve.
Format	Book
Publication Info	Boston, Mass. : Beacon Press, ©2011.
Description	xvii, 228 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects	Diagnostic errors. Medical misconceptions. Medical screening. Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures--ethics. Early Diagnosis. Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures--utilization. Early Detection of Cancer--ethics. Early Detection of Cancer--utilization. Health Policy.

Contents	Introduction: Our enthusiasm for diagnosis -- 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.
Abstract	Examining the social, medical, and economic ramifications of a health care system that unnecessarily diagnoses and treats patients, Welch makes a reasoned call for change that would save us from countless unneeded surgeries, debilitating anxiety, and exorbitant costs.
Local note	Laupus-WCP
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN	2010037078
ISBN	9780807022009 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN	0807022004 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN	9780807021996 (pbk.)
ISBN	0807021997 (pbk.)

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