Preventing Disease : Beyond the Rhetoric

Richard B Goldbloom

ISBN 10: 1461279488 / ISBN 13: 9781461279488

Published by Springer New York Sep 2011, 2011

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Neuware - Preventing Disease, the offspring of an extraordinary collaboration between the U.S. and Canadian Preventive Services Task Forces, presents a meticulous and objective review of the published evidence on preventive measures. Examining such diverse and relevant topics as screening for endometrial cancer, exercise counselling for healthy adults, and the evidence for a causal relation between dietary lipids and coronary heart disease, this volume reflects the editors' shared conviction that recommendations for preventive action should rarely exceed what is well justified by the evidence. In the current period, characterized as the Second Public Health Revolution, the authors' hard-nosed approach leads them to ask the tough questions. Are preventive measures cost-saving Does preventive screening actually lead to treatment in clinical practice Does the treatment do more good than harm To what extent does our desire to eliminate causes of serious disability, ill health and premature death cloud our objectivity All concerned about preventive medicine, community health, and primary care will find valuable stimulation for thought and action in this book: the contributions have gone beyond the rhetoric.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Preventing Disease : Beyond the Rhetoric
• Publisher: Springer New York Sep 2011
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1461279488
• ISBN 13: 9781461279488
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 254W x 178H x 28D millimeters 254 millimeters width by 178 millimeters height by 28 millimeters depth
• Weight: 967 grams

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Preventing Disease, the offspring of an extraordinary collaboration between the U.S. and Canadian Preventive Services Task Forces, presents a meticulous and objective review of the published evidence on preventive measures. Examining such diverse and relevant topics as screening for endometrial cancer, exercise counselling for healthy adults, and the evidence for a causal relation between dietary lipids and coronary heart disease, this volume reflects the editors' shared conviction that recommendations for preventive action should rarely exceed what is well justified by the evidence. In the current period, characterized as the Second Public Health Revolution, the authors' hard-nosed approach leads them to ask the tough questions. Are preventive measures cost-saving? Does preventive screening actually lead to treatment in clinical practice? Does the treatment do more good than harm? To what extent does our desire to eliminate causes of serious disability, ill health and premature death cloud our objectivity? All concerned about preventive medicine, community health, and primary care will find valuable stimulation for thought and action in this book: the contributions have gone beyond the rhetoric.