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Less Is More in Medicine

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Less Is More in Medicine
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Alan Cassels
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In modern medicine, the zeitgeist today seems to be captured in one word: “more.” We need more MRI machines, more screenings, more surgical interventions, more drugs, more doctors. More. More. More. Like the internal logic of capitalism that is built on eternal growth, so too is our health care system.

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Alan Cassels
Alan Cassels
Author
Alan Cassels is a Brownstone fellow and a drug policy researcher and author who has written extensively about disease mongering. He is the author of four books, including “The ABCs of Disease Mongering: An Epidemic in 26 Letters.”