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Death by Medicine
By Gary Null, Ph.D., PhD; Carolyn Dean MD, ND; Martin Feldman, MD; Debora Rasio, MD; and Dorothy Smith, PhD
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ABSTRACT
Table 1: Estimated Annual Mortality and Economic Cost of Medical Intervention
Table 2: Estimated Annual Mortality and Economic Cost of Medical Intervention
Table 3: Estimated 10-Year Death Rates from Medical Intervention
Table 4: Estimated 10-Year Unnecessary Medical Events
INTRODUCTION
Is American Medicine Working?
Underreporting of Iatrogenic Events
Medical Ethics and Conflict of Interest in Scientific Medicine
THE FIRST IATROGENIC STUDY
ONLY A FRACTION OF MEDICAL ERRORS ARE REPORTED
PUBLIC SUGGESTIONS ON IATROGENESIS
DRUG IATROGENESIS
   Medication Errors
   Recent Adverse Drug Reactions
   Medicating Our Feelings
   Television Diagnosis
   How Do We Know Drugs Are Safe?
   Specific Drug Iatrogenesis: Antibiotics
   The Problem with Antibiotics
   Cesarean Section
NEVER ENOUGH STUDIES
ADVERSE DRUG REACTIONS
BEDSORES
MALNUTRITION IN NURSING HOMES
   Nosocomial Infections
   Outpatient Iatrogenesis
   Unnecessary Surgeries
MEDICAL ERRORS: A GLOBAL ISSUE
HEALTH INSURANCE
WAREHOUSING OUR ELDERS
   Overmedicating Seniors
WHAT REMAINS TO BE UNCOVERED
Appendix: OFFICE OF TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT (OTA)
   General Facts
   Hospitals
   Health-Related Research and Development
   Pharmaceutical and Medical-Device Industries
   Health Care Technology Assessment
   Examples of Lack of Proper Management of HealthCare
   Treatments for Coronary Artery Disease
   Computed Tomography (CT)
   Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
   Laparoscopic Surgery
   Infant Mortality
   Screening for Breast Cancer
   Summary
   References