Overdosed America
2004 book by John Abramson
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Overdosed America: The Broken Promise of American Medicine is a 2004 book by American physician John Abramson about unnecessary healthcare.
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| Author | John Abramson |
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| Subject | Unnecessary health care |
| Publisher | Harper Perennial |
| Publication date | 2004 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Pages | 384 |
| ISBN | 978-0061344763 |
| OCLC | 55044815 |
Reviews
A reviewer for The 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".[1] The reviewer for The Washington Post stated that the strength of the book was in its ability to discuss articles from scientific journals.[2] 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".[3]