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Medical screening of workers / by Rothstein, Mark A.(CARDINAL)136009;
Bibliography: pages 211-255.
Subjects: Medical screening.; Civil rights.; Medicine, Industrial.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Overdiagnosed : making people sick in the pursuit of health / by Welch, H. Gilbert.(CARDINAL)542604; Schwartz, Lisa.(CARDINAL)672797; Woloshin, Steve.(CARDINAL)549169;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Genesis : people become patients with high blood pressure -- We change the rules : how numbers get changed to give you diabetes, high cholesterol, and osteoporosis -- We are able to see more : how scans give you gallstones, damaged knee cartilage, bulging discs, abdominal aortic aneurysms, and blood clots -- We look harder for prostate cancer : how screening made it clear that overdiagnosis exists in cancer -- We look harder for other cancers -- We look harder for breast cancer -- We stumble onto incidentalomas that might be cancer -- We look harder for everything else : how screening gives you (and your baby) another set of problems -- We confuse DNA with disease : how genetic testing will give you almost anything -- Get the facts -- Get the system -- Get the big picture -- Conclusion : pursuing health with less diagnosis.Examining the social, medical, and economic ramifications of a health care system that unnecessarily diagnoses and treats patients, Welch makes a reasoned call for change that would save us from countless unneeded surgeries, debilitating anxiety, and exorbitant costs.
Subjects: Diagnostic errors.; Medical misconceptions.; Medical screening.;
Available copies: 11 / Total copies: 13
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The cervical screening manual : a guide for health departments and providers / by North Carolina.Division of Public Health.(CARDINAL)273858;
Subjects: Cervix uteri; Medical screening.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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Preschool screening in North Carolina : program implementation / by Lessler, Ken,1933-(CARDINAL)269612; North Carolina.Office of Comprehensive Health Planning.(CARDINAL)190345; Human Resource Consultants.;
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 59-61).
Subjects: Medical screening; Preschool children;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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A public school hearing program / by North Carolina.Department of Public Instruction.Special Education Section.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 29-30).
Subjects: Health promotion.; Medical screening.; Deafness;
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The breast and cervical screening manual : a guide for health departments and providers / by North Carolina.Division of Public Health.(CARDINAL)273858;
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects: Breast; Cervix uteri; Medical screening.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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Medical screening and the employee health cost crisis / by Rothstein, Mark A.(CARDINAL)136009; Rothstein, Mark A.Medical screening of workers.;
Subjects: Medical screening; Industrial hygiene; Health insurance; Medical screening; Industrial hygiene; Health insurance;
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Should I be tested for cancer? : maybe not and here's why / by Welch, H. Gilbert.(CARDINAL)542604;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-218) and index.Pt. I. Problems you should know about. -- It is unlikely that you will benefit -- You may have a "cancer scare" and face an endless cycle of testing -- You may receive unnecessary treatment -- You may find a cancer you would rather not know about -- Your pathologist may say it's cancer, while others say it's not -- Your doctor may get distracted from other issues that are more important to you -- Pt. II. Becoming a better-educated consumer -- Understand the culture of medicine (and why we are pushed to test) -- Understand the statistics of cancer (and why five-year survival is the world's most misleading number) -- Understand the limits to research; even genetic research (and why it is hard to be sure there really are benefits to screening) -- Develop a strategy that works for you.1160L
Subjects: Cancer; Cancer; Medical screening;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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Preschool screening in North Carolina : a review of North Carolina laws affecting screening at school entry / by Vandiviere, Patricia.(CARDINAL)167116; North Carolina.Office of Comprehensive Health Planning.(CARDINAL)190345; Human Resource Consultants.;
Includes bibliographical references (leaf 13).
Subjects: Medical screening; Preschool children;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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Detection and prevention of chronic disease utilizing multiphasic health screening techniques. Hearing before the Subcommittee on Health of the Elderly of the Special Committee on Aging, United States Senate, Eighty-ninth Congress, second session, September 20, 21, and 22, 1966. by United States.Congress.Senate.Special Committee on Aging.Subcommittee on Health of the Elderly.(CARDINAL)270989;
Subjects: Medical screening.; Chronic diseases; Older people;
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