The treatment trap: how the overuse of medical care is wrecking your health and what you can do to prevent it
With health reform enacted by the Congress and signed by the President, the subject matter of The Treatment Trap is a compelling component in the national debate. Taking advantage of Rosemary Gibson's knowledge gleaned from extended experience in the field of medical care and Janardan Singh's similar knowledge but from a financial perspective, the authors explore the most neglected issue in American medicine today: the overuse of medical care, including needless surgery and other invasive procedures, out-of-control x-ray imaging, profligate testing, and other wasteful practices that have become routine among too many American doctors. Their combined reporting and analysis concentrates on the human aspects of this disturbing trend in health care, with personal experiences that reflect poorly on hospitals as well as physicians. They show how money spent for questionable and even useless care is diverting major funds that could be better used to treat patients who are genuinely...
9781566639149
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subject_facet | Health care reform -- United States Medical care -- Utilization -- United States Surgery, Unnecessary -- United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
title_display | The treatment trap : how the overuse of medical care is wrecking your health and what you can do to prevent it | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
title_full | The Treatment Trap How the Overuse of Medical Care is Wrecking Your Health and What You Can Do to Prevent It 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
title_short | The treatment trap | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
title_sub | how the overuse of medical care is wrecking your health and what you can do to prevent it | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
topic_facet | Health & Fitness Health care reform Medical care Nonfiction Surgery, Unnecessary Utilization |