

Overdiagnosed
Making People Sick in Pursuit of Health
Author: Steven Woloshin, MD, Lisa M. Schwartz, MD, H. Gilbert Welch, MD
Narrator: Sean Runnette
Unabridged: 9 hr 11 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Highbridge Audio
Published: 09/11/2012
Categories: Nonfiction, Medical
Synopsis
Drawing on twenty-five years of medical practice and research, Dr. H. Gilbert Welch and his colleagues, Dr. Lisa M. Schwartz and Dr. Steven Woloshin, have studied the effects of screenings and presumed preventative measures for disease and “pre-disease.” Examining the social, medical, and economic ramifications of a health care system that unnecessarily diagnoses and treats patients, Welch makes a reasoned call for change that would save us from countless unneeded surgeries, debilitating anxiety, and exorbitant costs.