
270. Bad Medicine, Part 3: Death by Diagnosis
Freakonomics Radio
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The Future of Precision Medicine
Hospitals and doctors spent about forty five billion dollars a year on defensive medicine. The fear of making a mistake, or what may be construed as a mistake, is already so high that doctors practice too much defensively. But if the present looks occasionally bleak, there's plenty of optimism about the future. Breakthroughs are coming about every day.
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