Zackary Berger

This book written by a doctor delves into issues concerning health and managing disease and afflictions that all of us will be dealing with sooner or later. The central idea is that often the healthcare system and doctors recommend or prescribe testing and treatment that may not be as wise as we think.

This was a real eye opener when as are conditioned and trained to think that those in authority regarding medical matters are always right. Dr. Berger sheds considerable light on the fact that this in not often the case. The results of this programming and compliance is wasted dollars and also lack of improvement and possibly even harm concerning the condition.

He makes some pretty good arguments and certainly it causes one to pause before rushing into the proposed treatments or cures. He does tend to get bogged down into a level of detail and medical wonkiness that is sometimes not easy to follow but overall it is a fairly effective and persuasive presentation of the facts and figures.… (mehr)