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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/233573346 Title: Worried sick : a prescription for health in an overtreated America Author: Nortin M Hadler Publisher: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2008. ISBN/ISSN: 9780807886182 0807886181 9781469602233 1469602237 9780807882719 0807882712 OCLC:233573346

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Worried sick : a prescription for health in an overtreated America

Author:	Nortin M Hadler
Publisher:	Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2008.
Series:	H. Eugene and Lillian Youngs Lehman series.
Edition/Format:	eBook : Document : State or province government publication : EnglishView all editions and formats
Summary:	At a time when access to health care in the United States is being widely debated, Nortin Hadler urges that before we commit to paying for whatever pharmaceutical companies and the medical establishment tell us we need, American consumers need to adopt an attitude of skepticism and arm themselves with enough information to make some of their own decisions about what care is truly necessary. Each chapter of Worried Read more...
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Subjects	Medical care -- United States. Medical policy -- United States. Older people -- Medical care -- United States. View all subjects
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Additional Physical Format:	Print version: Hadler, Nortin M. Worried sick. Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2008 (DLC) 2007042147 (OCoLC)175055551
Material Type:	Document, Government publication, State or province government publication, Internet resource
Document Type:	Internet Resource, Computer File
All Authors / Contributors:	Nortin M Hadler Find more information about:
ISBN:	9780807886182 0807886181 9781469602233 1469602237 9780807882719 0807882712
OCLC Number:	233573346
Notes:	"A Caravan book"--Title page verso.
Description:	1 online resource (376 pages).
Contents:	The Methuselah complex -- The heart of the matter -- Risky business : cholesterol, blood sugar, and blood pressure -- You are not what you eat -- Gut check -- Breast cancer prevention : screening the evidence -- The beleaguered prostate -- Disease mongering -- Creakiness -- It's in your mind -- Aging is not a disease -- Working to death -- "Alternative" therapies are not "complementary" -- Assuring health, insuring disease.
Series Title:	H. Eugene and Lillian Youngs Lehman series.
Responsibility:	Nortin M. Hadler.

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At a time when access to health care in the United States is being widely debated, the author argues that an even more important issue is being overlooked. Although necessary health care should be Read more...

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