| Description |
xii, 308 pages ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
pt. 1. The problem -- 1. Too much medicine? -- 2. Surgery -- 3. Drugs -- 4. Tests and diagnosis -- 5. Implants and devices -- pt. 2. The reasons -- 6. Promoting to doctors -- 7. Promoting disease -- 8. The business of medicine -- 9. Medicine and the media -- pt. 3. The changes -- 10. The rise and rise of evidence-based medicine -- 11. Widening the options |
| Summary |
“These days, health care is business, and a huge, money-spinning one at that. When an estimated one in six people is admitted to hospital for an injury caused by the health care system itself, it is time for a change. In Too Much Medicine? investigative journalist Ray Moynihan examines the caring profession which has become an industry. What are the pressures on our hard-pressed doctors, and why are they there? Who stands to win, and who to lose? Moynihan's meticulous research follows the trails and looks at the issues involved, particularly those where interests conflict. Too Much Medicine? asks how this affects us. What are the risks to us, not just as consumers, but as ill and often anxious consumers.”--Back cover |
| Analysis |
Complementary medicine |
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Consumer protection |
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Diagnostic services |
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Federal issue |
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Marketing |
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Medical profession |
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Pharmaceutical industry |
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Pharmaceuticals abuse |
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Public health |
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Risk |
| Notes |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Consumer protection -- Australia.
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Drugs -- Prescribing -- Australia.
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Medication abuse -- Australia.
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Pharmaceutical industry -- Australia.
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Public health -- Australia.
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Drug Industry.
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Prescriptions, Drug
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Public Health.
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| SUBJECT |
Australia. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001315 |
| Author |
Australian Broadcasting Commission.
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| LC no. |
00001393 |
| ISBN |
0733306527 |
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