Is That X-Ray Necessary Or 'Medical Gluttony'? | MSNBC.com

Shannon Brownlee

February 16, 2012 |

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Patients share some of the blame for often demanding that doctors do something, anything, to make them feel better, said Shannon Brownlee, senior research fellow at the New America Foundation and author of the book "Overtreated: Why Too Much Medicine ...

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