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248 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780807021996
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication date: 03 January 2012
Description
A complex web of factors has created the phenomenon of overdiagnosis: the popular media promotes fear of disease and perpetuates the myth that early, aggressive treatment is always best; in an attempt to avoid lawsuits, doctors have begun to leave...
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248 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780807021996
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication date: 03 January 2012
Description
A complex web of factors has created the phenomenon of overdiagnosis: the popular media promotes fear of disease and perpetuates the myth that early, aggressive treatment is always best; in an attempt to avoid lawsuits, doctors have begun to leave...