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Author: Louise B. Russell

Manufacturer: University of California Press

Keywords: Medical test

Rubric: Drug delivery books

ISBN: 0520083660

A copublication with the Milbank Memorial FundPrevention 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. 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.Standard recommendations such as annual…

This very interesting book looks at the other side of standardized medical tests, in this case PAP tests, prostate tests and cholesterol quantification. It gives a provocative look at the validity and…

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