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Overtreated

Overtreated

Shannon Brownlee · 2008 · 351 pages

Medical careUtilizationMedical care, cost ofDrug UtilizationDrug TherapyAdverse effects

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A critique of the modern-day American health-care system looks at the potential consequences of the current emphasis on overtreatment, revealing how modern medicine provides huge amounts of unnecessary care that is wasteful, expensive, and dangerous to the health of patients.

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