{"product_id":"the-tyranny-of-health-michael-fitzpatrick-9780415235723","title":"The Tyranny of Health: Doctors and the Regulation of Lifestyle","description":"\u003cp\u003eTopical and controversial \u003cem\u003eThe Tyranny of Health\u003c\/em\u003e exposes the dangers of the explosion of health awareness for both patients and doctors, using straightforward language to explain the latest health statistics and research findings. Michael Fitzpatrick, a full-time inner-city GP, argues from his day-to-day experience in the surgery that health propaganda is having a very unhealthy effect on the nation. Patients are made unnecessarily anxious as a result of health scares which have greatly exaggerated the risks of everyday activities such as eating beef, sunbathing and having sex. Doctors no longer seem content with treating disease but are encouraged by the government to tell people how to live more and more aspects of their lives. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMichael Fitzpatrick concludes that doctors should stop trying to make people virtuous. He argues that we need to establish a clear boundary between the worlds of medicine and politics, so that doctors can concentrate on treating the sick - and leave the well alone.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael Fitzpatrick\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0415235723\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415235723\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/11\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 212\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.49h x 5.46w x 0.47d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eScitech Book News\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2001 pg. 90","brand":"Michael Fitzpatrick","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43919700230399,"sku":"9780415235723","price":46.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_a4769421-bdd7-4c85-a58a-ec854489270f.jpg?v=1680810826","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-tyranny-of-health-michael-fitzpatrick-9780415235723","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}