Too Much Medicine: A Doctor's Prescription for Better and More Affordable Healthcare - Softcover

Gottfried, Dennis

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1557788812 ISBN 13: 9781557788818

Publisher: Paragon House, 2009

Synopsis

In the process of explaining the failures of our medical system, Dr. Gottfried provides information that will enable readers to take control of their own medical destiny, as well to offer solutions to the question of what our government can do about Too Much Medicine, and the dramatic reduction in health care costs.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

"What we need to know about medical testing could fill a book. Thankfully, Dennis Gottfried wrote it. Dr. Gottfried's engaging and thoughtful look at the medical industry is must reading for anyone who goes to a doctor, or might conceivably need one someday."
--Alan Colmes, Fox News

This work is thorough, referenced without bias, and contains good advice and a workable prescription for better health care. I trust Dr. Gottfried's advice and highly recommend this book."
--Eric G. Tangalos, M.D., Professor of Medicine, Chair (Emeritus), Primary Care Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine

This book will educate and stimulate those who are interested in participating in the dialogue about what is right and what is wrong in American medicine today and the next steps we as a nation must take."
--Lynn Y. Kosowicz, M.D., Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Connecticut School of Medicine

"This book helps open dialogue on the complex forces at work in modern medicine, and promotes the idea that, to get the best results, you need to find and establish a relationship with a primary care physician you can trust."
--Dr. Bruce Leppink, M.D., Family Practice Physician, St. Paul, Minnesota

About the Author:

Dennis Gottfried, MD, has been in private practice for over 25 years and he is also an associate professor of medicine at the University of Connecticut, USA. Medical School.

About this edition

• Publisher: Paragon House
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1557788812
• ISBN 13: 9781557788818
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 280