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Argues that there has been a steady increase in the number of illnesses, disabilities, and deaths caused by diagnostic errors, unnecessary surgery, unexpected side effects, unsafe diets, and radiation used for diagnosis and treatment
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Medical Overkill : Diseases of Medical Progress
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George F. Stickley Co., Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A., 1983
ISBN 10: 0893130656
ISBN 13: 9780893130657
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Seller: Callaghan Books South, New Port Richey, FL, U.S.A.
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Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Shiny black cloth, silver fine on spine, red color inside covers and adjacent end papers, 310 pages. Small surface wear spot at top back. Near Very Good. Seller Inventory # 20984
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Medical Overkill Diseases of Medical Progress
Published by
George F. Stickley Company, Philadelphia, PA, 1983
ISBN 10: 0893130656
ISBN 13: 9780893130657
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Hardcover
Seller: Yesterday's Books, Richmond, IN, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: VG-. None Listed. 310 pp, the book and contents are clean and tight, dust jacket has some light scuffing and corner wear. Seller Inventory # 000841
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Medical Overkill, Diseases of Medical Progress
Published by
George F. Stickley Company, Philadelphia, 1983
ISBN 10: 0893130656
ISBN 13: 9780893130657
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Seller: About Books, Henderson, NV, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: As New condition. Dust Jacket Condition: As New dust jacket. First Edition. Philadelphia: George F. Stickley Company, 1983. As New condition in As New Dust Jacket. NO chips. NO tears. NO creases. NO rubbing. NOT price clipped ($14.50). Bright, shiny, clean, square, and tight. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO remainder mark. Fresh and crisp -- obviously never read. Among 16 chapters are: Medical Diagnosis and the Risk of Iatrogenesis; Medical Rip-Offs; Radiation: The Unseen Peril; Fitness: Dangerous Diets and Exercise Evils; Cures Causing Cancer; Iatrogenesis in Obstetrics; Iatrogenic Infections; Hospitalitis; Reducing the Risk of Iatrogenesis; etc. Common abbreviations and acronyms. Bibliography. Index. Bound in the original black cloth, lettered in shiny silver on the spine. First Edition. Hardcover. As New condition/As New dust jacket. 8vo. viii, 310pp. Seller Inventory # 015334