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| Overdosed America: The Broken Promise of American Medicine | |
| Author: | John Abramson |
| Country: | United States |
| Subject: | Unnecessary health care |
| Publisher: | Harper Perennial |
| Pub Date: | 2004 |
| Pages: | 384 |
| Isbn: | 978-0061344763 |
| Oclc: | 55044815 |
Overdosed America: The Broken Promise of American Medicine is a book about unnecessary healthcare.
A reviewer for BMJ called the book "the latest in a series of searing indictments of a medical profession apparently duped by the false promise of technology, and too often compromised by cold hard cash from the companies selling the drugs and devices".[1]
The reviewer for The Washington Post stated that the strength of the book was in its ability to discuss articles from scientific journals.[2]
Another reviewer said that in the book the author "presents a strong indictment of the evidence that dictates medical practice, a challenge that is credible only because Abramson backs up his statements with detailed analyses of the prevailing evidence".[3]