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05450aam a2200601 i 4500 001 CDBB61181D8011EFA6667B3325ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240529010049 008 230719t20232023mdua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2023001729 020 $a 1421447401 020 $a 9781421447407 035 $a (OCoLC)1393095739 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d BDX $d UKMGB $d JHE $d OCLCO $d UAP $d YDX $d ZQP $d OCLCF $d OCLCO $d CTU $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a RC263 $b .R637 2023 082 00 $a 616.99/4 $2 23/eng/20230807 084 $a MED062000 $a MED062000 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Ropeik, David, $e author. 245 10 $a Curing cancerphobia : $b how risk, fear, and worry mislead us / $c David Ropeik. 246 30 $a How risk, fear, and worry mislead us 264 1 $a Baltimore : $b Johns Hopkins University Press, $c 2023. 300 $a viii, 377 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-365) and index (pages 367-377). 505 0 $a The Origins of Our Fear of Cancer. The historical roots -- The psychological roots -- The Costs to Individuals. Overscreening, overdiagnosis, overtreatment: an overview -- Breast cancer : when worry causes us to do too much -- Prostate cancer : when worry causes us to do too much -- Thyroid cancer : when worry causes us to do too much -- Lung cancer : when worry causes us to do too much -- Colorectal cancer : when worry causes us to do too much -- Underscreening : when fear scares us out of doing enough -- Delayed diagnosis : when fear scares us out of doing enough. The Costs to Society. The stunning economic cost of our sometimes excessive fear of cancer -- Environmentalism's contribution to our fear of cancer -- Other social impacts of our fear of cancer -- Reducing the Costs. Combating cancerphobia -- Combating cancerphobia in yourself. 520 $a "This book provides a unique look at the historical and psychologic roots of cancerphobia, leveraging deep examinations of specific examples of how this fear can lead to certain behaviors"--Provided by publisher. 520 $a "Our fear of cancer causes great harm to individual health and to society.The fear of cancer is understandable. But that fear is in some ways outdated, as it fails to account for the medical progress made against this family of diseases. In Curing Cancerphobia, David Ropeik reveals the fascinating historical and psychological roots of our fear of cancer and documents the dramatic health and financial harms caused when that fear exceeds the risk.Fear of cancer drives millions for whom screening is not recommended to screen for the disease anyway, producing tens of thousands of emotionally damaging false positives and costing the US health care system an estimated $9.2 billion a year. At the same time, fear of cancer also causes many people for whom screening is recommended to avoid it altogether.Modern screening technologies often identify cancers that do not spread or that grow so slowly they almost certainly will never cause harm in a person's lifetime. Yet many of these people, frightened by the word "cancer" in their diagnosis, understandably choose more aggressive and risky treatments than their clinical conditions require. These unnecessary treatments kill hundreds of people, cause severe side effects in thousands, and cost the health care system at least $5.2 billion a year.Additionally, consumers spend billions of dollars on vitamins and supplements, organic food, and other products that promise to reduce our risk of cancer but do not actually reduce it. And an excessive fear of cancer causes resistance to potentially beneficial technologies like nuclear power and fluoridation of tap water. After documenting these harms, Ropeik offers tools and suggestions to help reduce the negative impacts of cancerphobia. Based on extensive research including interviews with experts and cancer patients, Curing Cancerphobia confronts our emotional relationship with the disease we fear more than any other"--Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Cancer $x Psychological aspects $v Popular works. 650 0 $a Cancer $x Social aspects $v Popular works. 650 0 $a Cancer $x Social aspects $x Social aspects $v Popular works. 650 0 $a Cancer $x Social aspects $x Social aspects $v Popular works. 650 0 $a Fear of medical care $v Popular works. 650 0 $a Health behavior $v Popular works. 650 6 $a Cancer $x Aspect psychologique $v Ouvrages de vulgarisation. 650 6 $a Cancer $x Aspect social $v Ouvrages de vulgarisation. 650 6 $a Cancer $x Aspect social $x Aspect social $v Ouvrages de vulgarisation. 650 6 $a Cancer $x Aspect social $x Aspect social $v Ouvrages de vulgarisation. 650 6 $a Peur des soins $v Ouvrages de vulgarisation. 650 6 $a Habitudes sanitaires $v Ouvrages de vulgarisation. 650 7 $a MEDICAL / Health Policy. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a MEDICAL / Oncology / General. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a Cancer $x Psychological aspects $2 fast 650 7 $a Cancer $x Social aspects $2 fast 650 7 $a Fear of medical care $2 fast 650 7 $a Health behavior $2 fast 654 $a MEDICAL / Health Policy. $2 bisacsh 654 $a MEDICAL / Oncology / General. $2 bisacsh 655 7 $a Popular works $2 fast 776 08 $i ebook version : $z 9781421447414 941 $a 1 952 $l UQAX771 $d 20240529010251.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=CDBB61181D8011EFA6667B3325ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b JIDInitiate Another SILO Locator Search