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Too Much Medicine
- Year of completion
- 1998
- Content type
- Documentary
- Format
- Series
- Genre
- Science, Society
- Duration
- 3 x 30 minute episodes
- Production Status
- Completed
Synopsis
Does surgery do more harm than good? In the race for drug profits, does the patient really come first? Do diagnostic tests offer us a greater chance of discovering disease or are we being exposed to invasive and harmful intrusions? Based on the provocative book by award-winning medical journalist Ray Moynihan, TOO MUCH MEDICINE questions the faith we place in modern medical practice. TOO MUCH MEDICINE travels three continents charting the winds of change blowing through the corridors of medical power.