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| Author | John Abramson |
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| Subject | Unnecessary health care |
| Publisher | Harper Perennial |
| Publication date | 2004 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Pages | 384 |
| ISBN | 978-0061344763 |
| OCLC | 55044815 |
Overdosed America: The Broken Promise of American Medicine is a book about unnecessary healthcare.
Reviews
A reviewer for BMJ called the book "the latest in a series of searing indictments of a medical profession apparently duped by the false promise of technology, and too often compromised by cold hard cash from the companies selling the drugs and devices".
The reviewer for The Washington Post stated that the strength of the book was in its ability to discuss articles from scientific journals.
Another reviewer said that in the book the author "presents a strong indictment of the evidence that dictates medical practice, a challenge that is credible only because Abramson backs up his statements with detailed analyses of the prevailing evidence".
References
- Moynihan, R. (2004). "Overdo$ed America: The Broken Promise of American Medicine". BMJ. 329 (7468): 746. doi:10.1136/bmj.329.7468.746. PMC 518913.
- Tuller, David (10 October 2004). "Medicine (washingtonpost.com)". The Washington Post. Washington DC: WPC. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 28 August 2013.
Overdose
- Bodenheimer, T. (2005). "Is Evidence-Based Medicine Evidence Based?". Health Affairs. 24 (2): 562–563. doi:10.1377/hlthaff.24.2.562.
External links
- interview with author about book in Managed Care
- interview with author about book in Reporting on Health
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