Since the 1990s, thousands of women have undertaken a surgical procedure that may have risked their lives.
After Dr. Amy Reed had surgery to remove uterine fibroids, involving a procedure known as power morcellation, she learned that it had worsened her prognosis by spreading a cancer she and her doctors didn't know she had.
Dr. Reed became a vocal critic of power morcellators and the doctors who used them, dividing the medical community. Now doctors and companies are waiting for more-permanent guidance from the FDA.
This story, drawn from ongoing coverage in The Wall Street Journal, is a gripping human-interest account of public trust and the fallibility of modern medicine.
Since the 1990s, thousands of women have undertaken a surgical procedure that may have risked their lives.
After Dr. Amy Reed had surgery to remove uterine fibroids, involving a procedure known as power morcellation, she learned that it had worsened her prognosis by spreading a cancer she and her doctors didn't know she had.
Dr. Reed became a vocal critic of power morcellators and the doctors who used them, dividing the medical community. Now doctors and companies are waiting for more-permanent guidance from the FDA.
This story, drawn from ongoing coverage in The Wall Street Journal, is a gripping human-interest account of public trust and the fallibility of modern medicine.
Deadly Medicine: A Common Surgery For Women and the Cancer It Leaves Behind
Deadly Medicine: A Common Surgery For Women and the Cancer It Leaves Behind
Product Details
| BN ID: | 2940151873871 |
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| Publisher: | thewallstreetjournal |
| Publication date: | 12/10/2014 |
| Sold by: | Smashwords |
| Format: | eBook |
| File size: | 13 MB |
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