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Worried sick : a prescription for health in an overtreated America / Nortin M. Hadler.

Author/creator Hadler, Nortin M.
Format Electronic and Book
Publication InfoChapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press,
Description376 p. ; 25 cm.
Supplemental Content Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Supplemental Content Full text available from UPCC Books 2012 Political Science and Policy Studies Collection Supplement
Subject(s)
Series H. Eugene and Lillian Youngs Lehman series
Contents The Methuselah complex -- The heart of the matter -- Risky business : cholesterol, blood sugar, and blood pressure -- You are not what you eat -- Gut check -- Breast cancer prevention : screening the evidence -- The beleaguered prostate -- Disease mongering -- Creakiness -- It's in your mind -- Aging is not a disease -- Working to death -- "Alternative" therapies are not "complementary" -- Assuring health, insuring disease.
General note"A Caravan book"--T.p. verso.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [311]-353) and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2007042147
ISBN9780807831878 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0807831875 (cloth : alk. paper)