03379nam 2200697Ia 450 991045935840332120200520144314.01-282-92274-297866129227491-56663-914-X(CKB)2670000000060083(EBL)662211(OCoLC)694362373(SSID)ssj0000778038(PQKBManifestationID)12326995(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000778038(PQKBWorkID)10757181(PQKB)10091782(SSID)ssj0000430070(PQKBManifestationID)11301595(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000430070(PQKBWorkID)10452352(PQKB)11331102(MiAaPQ)EBC662211(Au-PeEL)EBL662211(CaPaEBR)ebr10437368(CaONFJC)MIL292274(EXLCZ)99267000000006008320090728d2010 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrThe treatment trap[electronic resource] how the overuse of medical care is wrecking your health and what you can do to prevent it /Rosemary Gibson, Janardan Prasad SinghChicago Ivan R. Dee20101 online resource (231 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-56663-937-9 1-56663-842-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.Acknowledgments; Foreword; Introduction; part i; Dare to Look; 1 Voices in the Wilderness; 2 A Doctor's Tale; 3 How Did We Come to This?; 4 The Human Face of "Too Much"; 5 Are You Being Nuked?; part ii; Uncertainty, Marketing, and Money; 6 Uncertainty; 7 Madison Avenue Marketing vs. Medicine: A Family's Story; 8 Marinated Minds; 9 The Chapter You Won't Want to Read; part iii; Learn and Live; 10 Bypassing the Bypass; 11 Do It with Me, Not to Me; part iv; Every Problem Has a Solution; 12 Cull the Overuse, Not the People; 13 The Other Inconvenient Truth; 14 A Ten-Step Recovery Plan15 Twenty Smart Ways to Protect Yourself NotesWith health reform enacted by the Congress and signed by the President, the subject matter of The Treatment Trap is a compelling component in the national debate. Taking advantage of Rosemary Gibson's knowledge gleaned from extended experience in the field of medical care and Janardan Singh's similar knowledge but from a financial perspective, the authors explore the most neglected issue in American medicine today: the overuse of medical care, including needless surgery and other invasive procedures, out-of-control x-ray imaging, profligate testing, and other wasteful practices that have becomSurgery, UnnecessaryUnited StatesMedical careUtilizationUnited StatesHealth care reformUnited StatesElectronic books.Surgery, UnnecessaryMedical careUtilizationHealth care reform362.10973Gibson Rosemary1956-618145Singh Janardan Prasad1960-618146MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910459358403321The treatment trap1917520UNINA