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Seeking Sickness (Medical Screening and the Misguided Hunt for Disease)

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  • Product Details

    Author:
    Alan Cassels, H. Gilbert Welch
    Format:
    Paperback
    Pages:
    176
    Publisher:
    Greystone Books (July 24, 2012)
    Language:
    English
    ISBN-13:
    9781771000321
    ISBN-10:
    1771000325
    Weight:
    8.8oz
    Dimensions:
    5.5" x 8.5"
    Case Pack:
    48
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    PGW-LEGATO-Metadata_Only_Publishers_Group_West_Customer_Group_Metadata_20250917130144-20250917.xml
    Folder:
    PGW
    As low as:
    $13.05
    List Price:
    $16.95
    Publisher Identifier:
    P-PER
    Discount Code:
    A
    Audience:
    General/trade
    Country of Origin:
    Canada
    Imprint:
    Greystone Books
  • Overview

    Why wouldn't you want to be screened to see if you're at risk for cancer, heart disease, or another potentially lethal condition? After all, better safe than sorry. Right?

    Not so fast, says Alan Cassels. His Seeking Sickness takes us inside the world of medical screening, where well-meaning practitioners and a profit-motivated industry offer to save our lives by exploiting our fears. He writes that promoters of screening overpromise on its benefits and downplay its harms, which can range from the merely annoying to the life threatening. If you're facing a screening test for breast or prostate cancer, high cholesterol, or low testosterone, someone is about to turn you into a patient. You need to ask yourself one simple question: Am I ready for all the things that could go wrong?