Diagnosis, therapy, and evidence [[electronic resource] ] : conundrums in modern American medicine / / Gerald N. Grob and Allan V. Horwitz

• Autore: Grob Gerald N. <1931->
• Pubblicazione: New Brunswick, NJ, : Rutgers University Press, c2010
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (271 p.)
• Disciplina: 362.1
• Soggetto topico: Social medicine - United States; Diseases and history - United States; Diagnosis
• Altri autori: HorwitzAllan V
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1. Rhetoric and Reality in Modern American Medicine -- Chapter 2. Medical Rivalry and Etiological Speculation: The Case of Peptic Ulcer -- Chapter 3. How Theory Makes Bad Practice: The Case of Tonsillectomy -- Chapter 4. How Science Tries to Explain Deadly Diseases: Coronary Heart Disease and Cancer -- Chapter 5. Transforming Amorphous Stress into Discrete Disorders: The Case of Anxiety -- Chapter 6. Depression: Creating Consensus from Diagnostic Confusion -- Chapter 7. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: The Result of Abnormal Environments or Abnormal Individuals? -- Epilogue. Where Do We Go from Here? -- Notes -- Index -- About the Authors
• Sommario/riassunto: Employing historical and contemporary data and case studies, the authors also examine tonsillectomy, cancer, heart disease, anxiety, and depression, and identify differences between rhetoric and reality and the weaknesses in diagnosis and treatment.
• Titolo autorizzato: Diagnosis, therapy, and evidence
• ISBN: 1-280-49240-6; 9786613587633; 0-8135-4812-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910821580103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Critical issues in health and medicine.