Treatment Trap - How the Overuse of Medical Care Is Wrecking Your Health and What You

Informationen zum Autor Rosemary Gibson is senior program officer at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, where for thirteen years she has directed hundreds of millions of dollars in grants aimed at improving end-of-life care. Janardan Prasad Singh is an economist at the World Bank and has written extensively on health care, social policy, and economic development. The authors have also collaborated on Wall of Silence, a book of narratives about medical error. Klappentext With health care reform a prime objective of the Obama administration, 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 become routine among too many American doctors.

Product details

• Authors: Rosemary Gibson, Rosemary M. Gibson, Rosemary M. Singh Gibson, Rosemary Singh Gibson, Janardan Prasad Singh
• Publisher: Ivan R. Dee
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 16.05.2010
• EAN: 9781566638425
• ISBN: 978-1-56663-842-5
• No. of pages: 240
• Subjects: Guides > Health; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General