Snowball in a blizzard : a physician's notes on uncertainty in medicine
Record details
- ISBN: 9780465050642
- ISBN: 0465050646
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Physical Description:
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xv, 293 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm - Publisher: New York : Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group, [2016]
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-273) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Primum non nocere : the motivations and hazards of overdiagnosis -- Vignette : the perils of predictive value -- Snowball in a blizzard -- The pressures of managing pressure -- Lyme's false prophets : chronic fatigue, tick-borne illness, and the overselling of certainty -- The origins of knowledge and the seeds of uncertainty -- The correlation/causation problem, or why dark chocolate may not lower your risk of heart failure -- "Health watch" : hype, hysteria, and the media's overconfident march of progress -- Conclusion : the conversation -- Appendix. A very nonmathematical description of statistical significance. |
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Subject: | Diagnosis Prognosis Therapeutics Uncertainty Medical policy Health Policy |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Holdable? | Status | Due Date | Courses |
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Lansdowne Library | RC 71.3 H38 2016 (Text) | 26040003385552 | Main Collection | Volume hold | Available | - |