Review

Modern medicine is both advanced and backwards, as Dr Paul Offitt shows in Overkill: When modern medicine goes too far

By Frank O'Shea
July 18 2020 - 12:00am
The boom industry around dietary supplements is a concern. Picture: Unsplash
The boom industry around dietary supplements is a concern. Picture: Unsplash
  • Overkill: When modern medicine goes too far, by Paul Offitt. Scribe. $32.99.

Compared to many countries in Europe and the Americas, Australia has dealt with the coronavirus pandemic extremely well. This is variously put down to the fortune of geography, the absence of political grandstanding and the general compliance of the population. What deserves to be added to that list is our health system and in particular the way that routine ailments can be treated under Medicare.

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