The Last Well Person: How to Stay Well Despite the Health-Care System
by Nortin M. Hadler
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Hadler systematically builds the case that many medical interventions are hazardous to our health. Especially insidious is the misuse of longevity statistics in turning the difficulties experienced through a natural course of life, such as aging and osteoporosis, into illnesses. He argues that unfounded assertions and flagrant marketing have led to the medicalization of everyday life and he offers practical solutions on such topics as aging, obesity, adult onset diabetes, and back problems. show more In The Last Well Person Hadler addresses the tough questions about our health care, cutting through the medical white noise. show lessTags
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This excellent book was a real eye-opener. It contains a lot of statistics which are a bit hard to get through sometimes, but the main message is clear - do all you can to avoid being a "patient" when you are experiencing the normal aches and pains of aging. Some treatments are far worse than the supposed "disease", and the medical and pharmaceutical industries have a lot to gain by medicalizing aging. One shocking example is bone scans and diagnosing osteoporosis - the treatment for supposed osteoporosis does very little to prevent fractures and is far worse than the disease.
Doctors and patients both should read this book.
Doctors and patients both should read this book.
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Nortin M. Hadler has lectured widely in North America and abroad and testified before the U.S. Congress and U.S. Social Security Board
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- Genres
- Nonfiction, General Nonfiction, Health & Wellness
- DDC/MDS
- 362.1 — Society, Government, and Culture Social problems and social services Social Welfare People with physical illnesses
- LCC
- RA776.9 .H334 — Medicine Public aspects of medicine Public aspects of medicine Public health. Hygiene. Preventive medicine Personal health and hygiene
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- English
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- Paper, Ebook
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