The great prostate hoax : how big medicine hijacked the PSA test and caused a public health disaster / Richard J. Ablin, PhD ; with Ronald Piana.
- Ablin, Richard J., 1940-
- Date:
- 2014
- Books
About this work
Description
Reveals how fear-based and inaccurate testing is resulting in unnecessary high-risk surgeries, arguing that the PSA test was never intended for prostate cancer screening.
Publication/Creation
New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
Physical description
x, 262 pages ; 25 cm
Contributors
Edition
First edition.
Bibliographic information
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
The jungle -- A decision I thought I could live with -- What the bleep just happened? -- The color of money -- Unintended consequences -- The hidden truth -- It's 112 degrees in Tucson.
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Where to find it
Location Status History of MedicineTY /ABLOpen shelves
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Identifiers
ISBN
- 9781137278746
- 1137278749