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Praise for Death by Medicine
The Award-Winning Film Documentary Death by Medicine
Film Festival Awards Death by Medicine
Death by Medicine
1 Introduction
Table 1: Estimated Annual Mortality and Cost of Medical Intervention
Table 2: Estimated Annual Mortality and Cost of Medical Intervention
Table 3: Estimated 10-Year Death Rates from Medical Intervention
Table 4: Estimated Ten-Year Unnecessary Medical Events
2 Medically Induced Death: The Equivalent of Six Jumbo Jets Falling Out of the Sky Each Day
Is American Medicine Working?
Health Insurance
Underreporting of Iatrogenic Events
The First Study of Iatrogenesis
Only a Fraction of Medical Errors Are Reported
No Improvement in Error Reporting
Medical Errors a Global Issue
Public Suggestions on Iatrogenesis
3 Problems with Drugs
Medication Errors
Adverse Drug Reactions
Underreporting of Side Effects
Medicating Our Feelings
Television Diagnosis
How Do We Know Drugs Are Safe?
Drugs Pollute Our Water Supply
Drug Companies Fined
4 Problems with Specific Classes of Drugs
Antibiotics
NSAIDS
Cancer Chemotherapy
5 An Honest Look at the Failures of American Healthcare
Unnecessary Surgical Procedures
High Mortality Rates
Few Medical Procedures Subject to Clinical Trial
Surgical Errors Cost $9 Billion
Unnecessary X-rays
Unnecessary Hospitalization
Nosocomial Infections
Outpatient Iatrogenesis
6 Women’s Experience in Medicine
Hysteria
Hysterectomy
Cesarean Section
7 Poor Care of the Elderly
Bedsores
Malnutrition in Nursing Homes
Warehousing Our Elders
Overmedicating Seniors
8 Medical Ethics and Conflicts of Interest in Scientific Medicine
”More Studies!”
9 Conclusion
What Remains to Be Uncovered
Summary
References
Notes
Index
About the Authors
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