Educated Guesses

Author: Louise B. Russell
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 0520083660
Category: Medical

Educated Guesses: Making Policy about Medical Screening Tests

A copublication with the Milbank Memorial Fund
Prevention is the best cure--or is it? As medical experts hammer home the importance of annual medical checkups and routine screening for everything from high blood pressure to cancer, Americans have come to believe that frequent screening tests are essential for saving lives. Download Educated Guesses medical books for free.
But just how effective are the tests that we have come to take for granted? In this provocative book, medical economist Louise Russell challenges the standard wisdom that more is necessarily better by examining three routinely administered tests--those designed to detect cervical cancer, prostate cancer, and high levels of cholesterol.
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