Hippocrates' shadow : secrets from the house of medicine / David H. Newman.

  • Newman, David H., M.D.
Date:
2008
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Publication/Creation

New York, NY : Scribner, 2008.

Physical description

xviii, 236 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition

1st Scribner hardcover ed.

Notes

"what doctors don't know, don't tell you, and how truth can repair the patient-doctor breach"--Jacket.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-225) and index.

Contents

Foreword: Dr. Hippocrates -- We don't know -- It doesn't work -- We don't agree -- We don't talk -- We prefer tests -- We won't unlearn (the pseudoaxioms) -- We're missing the meaning (the placebo paradox) -- You're a number (the "NNT") -- A new old paradigm.

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    History of Medicine
    CB.U
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ISBN

  • 9781416551539
  • 1416551530