4 reviews for:

The Treatment Trap: How the Overuse of Medical Care Is Wrecking Your Health and What You Can Do to Prevent It

Rosemary Gibson, Janardan Prasad Singh

2.75 AVERAGE

anna_gardiner's review against another edition

3.0

I liked this book and even though it was somewhat repetitive, it was interesting and informative. The authors really hammer the point of how medical care is often needlessly prescribed for various reasons and offer explanations of how patients can avoid this pitfall for both their own benefit and the benefit of the country. For anyone interested in the health care debate this is a recommended read.

dancingwaffle's review against another edition

informative reflective medium-paced

3.75

ewynn610's review against another edition

1

cathipink's review

1.0

Read for an office book club. This book was terrible. Are there issues with over treatment? Absolutely. The crafting of the case, lack of acknowledgement of highly narrowed focus (people who have the opportunity to receive over treatment are a small group; is this a bigger problem than those who have no access to treatment at all, or to varying degrees?), and sensationalist reporting was incredibly painful.

I might get too mad when a book tries to take an interdependent system and boil it down to one bad actor but there were myriad contradictions throughout (Doctors are moneygrubbers! They're just trying to do their best! Health insurance is devil's play! You can't get medical care without it!).

Avoid this book.