Shannon Brownlee: "Overtreated" (Bloomsbury)

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Shannon Brownlee: "Overtreated" (Bloomsbury)

Many Americans assume more medical treatment means better health care. But a medical journalist says too much medicine can make us sicker and poorer. She explains how unnecessary tests and procedures are not only expensive and wasteful...

Many Americans assume more medical treatment means better health care. But a medical journalist says too much medicine can make us sicker and poorer. She explains how unnecessary tests and procedures are not only expensive and wasteful but can actually harm our health.

Guests

Shannon Brownlee

senior fellow at the New America Foundation.

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