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Going against the traditional wisdom strengthened by the medical establishment and Big Pharma that more screening process is the better preventative medicine, Dr. Gilbert Welch creates a engaging counterargument that what we are in need of are fewer, not more, diagnoses. Documenting the excesses of American medical practice that labels too many of us as tired, Welch examines the interpersonal, ethical, and economic ramifications of a health-care system that unnecessarily diagnoses and snacks patients, most of whom will not benefit from treatment, might be harmed by it, and would arguably be better off without screening process. Drawing on 25 years of medical practice and research, Dr. H. Gilbert Welch and his fellow workers, Dr. Lisa M. Schwartz and Dr. Steven Woloshin, have researched the effects of screenings and presumed preventative measures for disease and pre-disease. Evaluating the interpersonal, medical, and economic ramifications of a health care system that unnecessarily diagnoses and snacks patients, Welch makes a reasoned demand change that could save us from many unneeded surgeries, devastating anxiety, and exorbitant costs.
