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Death by Medicine
Gary Null, PhD with Martin Feldman, MD; Debora Rasio, MD; and Carolyn Dean, MD, ND
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1: Introduction
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
Index