New York Times
For most Americans, the biggest health threat is not avian flu, West Nile or mad cow disease. It's our healthcare system. You might think this is because doctors make mistakes (they do make mistakes). But you can't be a victim of medical error if you are not in the system. The larger threat posed by American medicine is that more and more of us are being drawn into the system not because of an epidemic of disease, but because of an epidemic of diagnoses. ... FULL STORY
