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OVER DIAGNOSED
Dr. H. Gilbert Welch
“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, MD, The New York Times
About the Book
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 no test undone, no abnormality overlooked; and profits are being made from screenings, medical procedures, and pharmaceuticals. Revealing the social, medical, and economic ramifications of a health-care system that overdiagnoses and overtreats patients, Dr. H. Gilbert Welch makes a reasoned call for change that would save us pain, worry, and money.
About the Author
DR. H. GILBERT WELCH is an academic physician, a professor at Dartmouth Medical School, and a nationally recognized expert on the effects of medical testing. He has been published by the Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Washington Post, and Wall Street Journal, as well as major medical journals, and he has appeared on network television, CNN, and NPR. Dr. Welch is the author of three books, Less Medicine, More Health; Should I Be Tested for Cancer?; and the highly acclaimed Overdiagnosed.