Overtreated - Why too much Medicine is Making us Sicker and Poorer is a 2007 book by Shannon Brownlee about unnecessary health care.
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| Author | Shannon Brownlee |
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| Subject | Unnecessary health care |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
Publication date | 2007 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Pages | 342 |
| ISBN | 978-1-58234-580-2 |
| OCLC | 137325161 |
Reviews
editThe reviewer for The New York Times said that the book was "the best description I have yet read of a huge economic problem that we know how to solve—but is so often misunderstood".[1] Kirkus Reviews described the work as "A bombshell of a book: must reading for consumers, their political representatives and all those White House contenders".[2] The reviewer for The Christian Science Monitor said that the author's conclusions in the book were "fascinating, counterintuitive, and potentially revolutionary".[3] A reviewer writing in a social work journal found the book's findings "insightful" and the examples given as "poignant".[4]
The book was reviewed in JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association by Norton Hadler, who praised the arguments made, but criticized their quality and the lack of reliance on primary sources.[5] Shannon Doyle in American Journal of Medical Quality similarly praised the timeliness of the book and the detailed arguments, but noted that it the issue is not framed in a political context.[6] In Nursing Ethics, Clair Kaplannotes the extensive use of data in arguments, but was disappointed by the lack of information about nursing.[7]
References
edit- ^ Leonhardt, David (19 December 2007). "No. 1 Book, and It Offers Solutions". The New York Times. New York. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 23 August 2013.
- ^ "Overtreated - Kirkus Review". Kirkus Reviews. 1 July 2007.
- ^ "When a pound of cure is too much". csmonitor.com. 2013. Retrieved 23 August 2013.
- ^ Cox, L. E. (2009). "A Review of: "Brownlee, S. (2007).Overtreated: Why Too Much Medicine is Making Us Sicker and Poorer."". Journal of Social Work in End-Of-Life & Palliative Care. 5 (3–4): 219–221. doi:10.1080/15524250903555759. S2CID 74464762.
- ^ Hadler, Nortin (7 November 2007). "Overtreated: Why Too Much Medicine Is Making Us Sicker and Poorer". JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association. 298 (17): 2070–2075. doi:10.1001/jama.298.17.2071-a.
- ^ Doyle, Shannon (March–April 2010). "Overtreated: Why Too Much Medicine Is Making Us Sicker and Poorer". American Journal of Medical Quality. 25 (2): 159–160. doi:10.1177/1062860609346502. S2CID 71519473.
- ^ "Overtreated: why too much medicine is making us sicker and poorer". Nursing Ethics. 16 (2): 255–256. March 2009. doi:10.1177/0969733008100084. S2CID 71478496.
Further reading
edit- interview with author on The Health Care Blog
- book review on the Healthcare Economist blog
- Are Today's Hospital Patients 'Overtreated'? NPR interview of author about book by Ira Flatow
- video interview by National Institutes of Health
- video interview with Shannon Brownlee about Overtreated on C-SPAN
- video on book and author by BMJ