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What Doctors Don't Tell You:: The Truth About The Dangers Of Modern Medicine
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By Lynne McTaggart
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 (14 Reviews)
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Avon
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August 3, 1999 |
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 Your copay will be $10....., April 02, 2014
By el suave (Claremont, CA United States)
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I love the way this book exposes the myths of modern medicine that give assurance to us all that doctors can properly diagnose/cure everything that afflicts us except "that one particular ailment that brought us to their office on that particular day"....This book covers every fallacy from scans, grams, probes etc. and what the true odds of each procedure will be to discover and cure what ails us. Purchase this book only if you want the truth from a neutral third party. The AMA is definitely not going to recommend it!
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HEALTH, January 18, 2014
By Health nut (Canada)
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BEST BOOK I HAVE READ !!! I HAVE ORDERED 3 MORE TO GIVE TO FRIENDS. A MUST FOR EVERY BOOKSHELF
LOVE IT..........
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Good Reporting, July 26, 2013
By K. Blackwell
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To tell the truth I haven't read all of it myself yet but I have it sitting out and other people have been reading it. Some people thought that it was an eye opening book. Others said that although it was interesting they personally needed to trust their doctor because of their professional training. The combined responses along with what I have read tell me that McTaggart has written a readable and informative book. There is plenty of information for those who want to take more responsibility for their own health. But she does not resort to scare tactics or sensationalism. In short she is a good reporter and journalist.
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 Expose on how modern medicine of SOP covers up truth, September 05, 2012
By micheal sunanda (Eugene, OR)
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I been learning about the dangers of modern medicine since 1970s & this book is way deeper expose of Confessions of a Medical Heretic" by DR. Mendelson. I got it to learn about how unnaturally dangerous normal medical OB birthing work hurting mothers & babies. It focuses more on details & risks of PreNatal exams than actual medical caused birth trauma in hospital deliveries. But its rather scary if true what doctors do to millions of US trusting our bodies & lives to SOP = 'Standard Operating Procedures' with hi tech science, replacing our natural healthy self help care at home with primal instincts for choosing organic sources for lifelong healthy learning & vitality, immunity & longevity. Spontaneous Healing : How to Discover and Embrace Your Body's Natural Ability to Maintain and Heal Itself & Death by Medicine
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 21st Century Medicine - a cautionary tale, July 12, 2012
By Howard Jones (Wales, UK)
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What Doctors Don't Tell You: The truth about the dangers of modern medicine, by Lynne McTaggart, Thorsons (HarperCollins), 1996, 400 ff.
Relevant Internet sites tell us that there are about 7000 deaths and well over one million people injured each year from medication errors in America. In Britain, with its much smaller population, there are thought to be about 40,000 errors annually in drug administration in British hospitals. Almost every pharmaceutical preparation is prescribed to control symptoms - it doesn't cure anything and most medications have side effects. These may be minor in relation to the illness - but not always. These statistics are alarming and make Lynne McTaggart's book highly relevant, even though it is now well over a decade since publication. This does not detract from its impact, though it is heavily slanted towards the negative influences.
Many of the unwanted effects described by McTaggart do indeed occur, but fortunately not all of them to everyone and not always. The problem is that most patients feel they have no option but to trust the medical professionals and only find out too late that they were not given the full picture. So what this book does is tell you, if your health professional does not, some of the dangers and possibly unpleasant side-effects that can occur with drugs or medical procedures and it at least gives you a choice as to whether or not to proceed with the recommended procedure or medication.
Chapter 1, a mere 10 pages, gives the context for the book. Chapters 2 to 4 are about what is possibly over-diagnosis through technology - screening of various kinds. Chapters 5-7 deal respectively with the medical profession's preoccupation with cholesterol levels, vaccination and HRT. Then follow four chapters on treatment - by drugs, dentistry, cancer surgery and other procedures. The final chapter is an advocacy of naturopathic treatment, eating healthily and exercising regularly, and adopting positive mental attitudes as lines of first treatment rather than what is now known as allopathic medicine - a philosophy I support.
The strength of this book is that, like its title says, it gives you information that should be given you by your doctor or surgeon but too often isn't. My criticism is that, in its 400 pages, the book is unrelentingly negative and perhaps therefore over-cautionary. It's useful, but my overwhelming concerns are that patients without any other source of medical information may be put off accepting palliatives or even undergoing life-saving treatment and, if treatment is needed, we should not destroy faith in the medical profession quite so thoroughly. Pharmaceuticals and surgery have saved very many lives and brought relief from suffering to many others.
Howard Jones is the author of The Way of Health
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VERY good book, January 11, 2011
By Cindy Brown (Vegas)
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If you have health issues it has good info to help you get answers out of the doctors. ALWAYS ask for copies of your blood work & look it up yourself online when you get home.
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