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Overdiagnosed

Making People Sick in Pursuit of Health

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Overdiagnosed

Von: Dr. H. Gilbert Welch, Dr. Steven Woloshin, Dr. Lisa M. Schwartz
Gesprochen von: Sean Runnette
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Going against the conventional wisdom reinforced by the medical establishment and Big Pharma that more screening is the best preventative medicine, Dr. Gilbert Welch builds a compelling counterargument that what we need are fewer, not more, diagnoses. Documenting the excesses of American medical practice that labels far too many of us as sick, Welch examines the social, ethical, and economic ramifications of a health-care system that unnecessarily diagnoses and treats patients, most of whom will not benefit from treatment, might be harmed by it, and would arguably be better off without screening.

Drawing on 25 years of medical practice and research, Dr. H. Gilbert Welch and his colleagues, Dr. Lisa M. Schwartz and Dr. Steven Woloshin, have studied the effects of screenings and presumed preventative measures for disease and pre-disease. 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.

©2011 Dr. H. Gilbert Welch (P)2012 HighBridge Company Hygiene & gesundes Leben

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"This accessible and important book will help the reader understand the limitations of modern medicine and the perils inherent in an overzealous pursuit of a disease-free existence at any cost. It is also especially timely in raising one of the many issues surrounding the health-care debate." (Dennis Rosen, The Boston Globe)
"One of the big strengths of this relatively small book is that if you are inclined to ponder medicine's larger questions, you get to tour them all. What is health, really? In the finite endeavor that is life, when is it permissible to stop preventing things? And if the big questions just make you itchy, you can concentrate on the numbers instead: The authors explain most of the important statistical concepts behind evidence-based medicine in about as friendly a way as you are likely to find. (Abigail Zuger, M.D., The New York Times)
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Before I listened to the book I thought it would be boring. However the book is really interesting and a joy to listen to. It is full of arguments and researches about over diagnosing which seem really true. I listened to other health books from other doctors who mentioned these points but without emphasis on the subject.
I was 40 when some doctor put a camera into my bladder looking for cancer cells. I couldn't control my bladder for more than three hours after that horrible thing.
My only complain was that when it was too cold I get a very little accident of urination. So little that I was just feeling something. This would go on only for one or two weeks of every winter and then disappear. Now after regular sport and good nutrition, it is all gone.
These doctor wanted that I check my bladder every three months and sent me letter to remind me the next appointments.

Excellent book and reader

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