LEADER 03342nam 2200697Ia 450 001 9910826530403321 005 20240513193347.0 010 $a1-282-92274-2 010 $a9786612922749 010 $a1-56663-914-X 035 $a(CKB)2670000000060083 035 $a(EBL)662211 035 $a(OCoLC)694362373 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000778038 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12326995 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000778038 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10757181 035 $a(PQKB)10091782 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000430070 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11301595 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000430070 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10452352 035 $a(PQKB)11331102 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL662211 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10437368 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL292274 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC662211 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000060083 100 $a20090728d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe treatment trap $ehow the overuse of medical care is wrecking your health and what you can do to prevent it /$fRosemary Gibson, Janardan Prasad Singh 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aChicago $cIvan R. Dee$d2010 215 $a1 online resource (231 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-56663-937-9 311 $a1-56663-842-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aAcknowledgments; 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 Plan 327 $a15 Twenty Smart Ways to Protect Yourself Notes 330 $aWith 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 becom 606 $aSurgery, Unnecessary$zUnited States 606 $aMedical care$xUtilization$zUnited States 606 $aHealth care reform$zUnited States 615 0$aSurgery, Unnecessary 615 0$aMedical care$xUtilization 615 0$aHealth care reform 676 $a362.10973 700 $aGibson$b Rosemary$f1956-$0618145 701 $aSingh$b Janardan Prasad$f1960-$0618146 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910826530403321 996 $aThe treatment trap$94101962 997 $aUNINA