Overtreated: Why Too Much Medicine Is Making Us Sicker and Poorer Shannon Brownlee (Author)
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Health Care Administration
“My choice for the economics book of the year…it’s the best description I have yet read of a huge economic problem that we know how to solve—but is so often misunderstood.”—David Leonhardt, New York Times
Our health care is staggeringly expensive, yet one in six Americans has no health insurance. We have some of the most skilled physicians in the world, yet one hundred thousand patients die each year from medical errors. In this gripping, eye-opening book, award-winning journalist Shannon Brownlee takes readers inside the hospital to dismantle some of our most venerated myths about American medicine. Brownlee dissects what she calls “the medical-industrial complex” and lays bare the backward economic incentives embedded in our system, revealing a stunning portrait of the care we now receive.
Nevertheless,
Overtreated ultimately conveys a message of hope by reframing the debate over health care reform. It
offers a way to control costs and cover the uninsured while simultaneously improving the quality of American medicine. Shannon Brownlee’s humane, intelligent, and penetrating analysis empowers readers to avoid the perils of overtreatment, as well as pointing the way to better health care for everyone. With a new afterword offering practical advice to patients on how to navigate the health care system.
- Rank: #53990 in Books
- Published on: 2008-09-02
- Released on: 2008-09-02
- Original language:
English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 1.00" h x
6.36" w x
8.22" l,
.74 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 368 pages
Description #1 by dr-ebook.com:
"Our health care is staggeringly expensive, yet one in six Americans has no health insurance. We have some of the most skilled physicians in the world, yet one hundred thousand patients die each year from medical errors. In this gripping, eye-opening book, award-winning journalist Shannon Brownlee takes readers inside the hospital to dismantle some of our most venerated myths about American medicine. Brownlee dissects what she calls "the medical-industrial complex" and lays bare the backward economic incentives embedded in our system, revealing a stunning portrait of the care we now receive.Nevertheless, Overtreated ultimately conveys a message of hope by reframing the debate over health care reform. It offers a way to control costs and cover the uninsured, while simultaneously improving the quality of American medicine. Shannon Brownlee's humane, intelligent, and penetrating analysis empowers readers to avoid the perils of overtreatment, as well as pointing the way to better health care for everyone.File Size: 531 KBPrint Length: 363 pagesPage Numbers Source ISBN: 1582345791 Publisher: Bloomsbury USA; 1 edition (June 25, 2010) Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.Language: EnglishASIN: B003TWOK7A"
Description #2 by eBay - goodwillbks:
Overtreated: Why Too Much Medicine Is Making Us Sicker and Poorer Brownlee, Shannon ISBN: 9781582345796 Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Published date: Sep 2 2008 Paperback COMMENTS: Used - Good Sound copy, mild reading wear. May have scuffs . May have some notes, highlighting or underlining.SKU: N1-02-A-20-1665
Description #3 by Overstock.com:
My choice for the economics book of the yearit's the best description I have yet read of a huge economic problem that we know how to solvebut is so often misunderstood.David Leonhardt, New York Times Our health care is staggeringly expensive, yet one in six Americans has no health insurance. We have some of the most skilled physicians in the world, yet one hundred thousand patients die each year from medical errors. In this gripping, eye-opening book, award-winning journalist Shannon Brownlee takes readers inside the hospital to dismantle some of our most venerated myths about American medicine. Brownlee dissects what she calls the medical-industrial complex and lays bare the backward economic incentives embedded in our system, revealing a stunning portrait of the care we now receive. Nevertheless, Overtreated ultimately conveys a message of hope by reframing the debate over health care reform. It offers a way to control costs and cover the uninsured while simultaneously improving the quality of American medicine. Shannon Brownlee's humane, intelligent, and penetrating analysis empowers readers to avoid the perils of overtreatment, as well as pointing the way to better health care for everyone. With a new afterword offering practical advice to patients on how to navigate the health care system.
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