Overdosed America
{{short description|2004 book by John Abramson}}
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| subject = Unnecessary health care
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| publisher = Harper Perennial
| pub_date = 2004
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| pages = 384
| isbn = 978-0061344763
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Overdosed America: The Broken Promise of American Medicine is a book about unnecessary healthcare.
Reviews
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".{{Cite journal | last1 = Moynihan | first1 = R. | title = Overdo$ed America: The Broken Promise of American Medicine | doi = 10.1136/bmj.329.7468.746 | journal = BMJ | volume = 329 | issue = 7468 | pages = 746 | year = 2004 | pmc =518913 }}
The reviewer for The Washington Post stated that the strength of the book was in its ability to discuss articles from scientific journals.{{cite news |url= https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16432-2004Oct7.html |title=Medicine (washingtonpost.com) |first=David |last=Tuller |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=10 October 2004 |publisher=WPC |location=Washington DC |issn=0190-8286 |quote=Overdose |access-date=28 August 2013}}
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".{{Cite journal | last1 = Bodenheimer | first1 = T. | title = Is Evidence-Based Medicine Evidence Based? | doi = 10.1377/hlthaff.24.2.562 | journal = Health Affairs | volume = 24 | issue = 2 | pages = 562–563 | year = 2005 | doi-access = free }}
References
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External links
- [http://www.managedcaremag.com/archives/0501/0501.pcp_abramson.html interview with author about book] in Managed Care
- [http://www.reportingonhealth.org/blogs/qa-dr-john-abramson-overdosed-america interview with author about book] in Reporting on Health
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Category:2004 non-fiction books
Category:Books about health care