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Record Nr.

UNINA9910809493703321

Autore

Berger Zackary <1973->

Titolo

Making sense of medicine : bridging the gap between doctor guidelines and patient preferences / / Zackary Berger

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

1-4422-4233-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (144 p.)

Disciplina

610.69/6

Soggetti

Physician and patient - Moral and ethical aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Title Page; Introduction; Chronic Pain; Common Conditions; Poverty; Depression; High Blood Pressure; Diabetes; Arthritis; Surgery; How Good Can Guidelines Be?; Is Half of All Research Wrong?; Avoiding False Certainty and Approaching Future Experiences; Revisiting the Biomedical Paradigm; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

With many common health conditions-diabetes, arthritis, depression-there is no one right route to effective treatment, and science does not give us one definitive answer. In practical chapters and through real stories, Dr. Zackary Berger shows how to bridge the gap between scientific knowledge, doctors' recommendations, and patient preferences.