Silverman, William A. <br/><br/>
Where's the evidence? :  controversies in modern medicine / 
 Where is the evidence? 
William A. Silverman ; with a foreword by David L. Sackett. 
 - Oxford ;  New York :  Oxford University Press,  c1998. 
 - xv, 259 p. :  ill. ;  25 cm. 
 - Oxford medical publications .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Contents<br/>1. Selective ethics<br/><br/><br/>2. Does a difference make a difference<br/><br/><br/>3. Prescription for disaster<br/><br/><br/>4. Therapeutic mystique<br/><br/><br/>5. Humane limits<br/><br/><br/>6. Intruding in private tragedies<br/><br/><br/>7. The glut of information<br/><br/><br/>8. Betting on specified horses<br/><br/><br/>9. Begin with 'if...'<br/><br/><br/>10. Archie's scepticism<br/><br/><br/>11. Arbitrary vs discretionary decisions<br/><br/><br/>12. Bioengineering<br/><br/><br/>13. '...disavowing the tree'<br/><br/><br/>14. Diffusing responsibility Weil's reply<br/><br/><br/>15. Hawthorne effects<br/><br/><br/>16. Power plays<br/><br/><br/>17. Unbridled enthusiasm<br/><br/><br/>18. Caring and curing<br/><br/><br/>19. On the edge<br/><br/><br/>20. Informing and consenting Weil's reply<br/><br/><br/>21. Lifesavers<br/><br/><br/>22. Belief and disbelief<br/><br/><br/>23. Preferences<br/><br/><br/>24. Bradford Hill's doubts<br/><br/><br/>25. More-informative abstracts<br/><br/><br/>26. Pain control in neonates<br/><br/><br/>27. Miraculous cures<br/><br/><br/>28. Observer bias<br/><br/><br/>29. The gamekeeper's brouhaha<br/><br/><br/>30. Champing at the bit<br/><br/><br/>31. Piecemeal skirmishes<br/><br/><br/>32. Resolution of dilemma's Sinclair and Fowlie's reply Watts and Saigal's reply<br/><br/><br/>33. 'Fixing' human reproduction<br/><br/><br/>34. Justice defined as fairness<br/><br/><br/>35. 'Methods-based' reviews<br/><br/><br/>36. Non-replication of the replicable<br/><br/><br/>37. Who defines 'futility' Goldworth and Benitz's reply<br/><br/><br/>38. Fitting targets in holes<br/><br/><br/>39. Medical 'manners' on trial<br/><br/><br/>40. Sanction of whose beliefs and values?<br/><br/><br/>41. Mindness existence<br/><br/><br/>42. Interventions on an unprecedented scale<br/><br/><br/>43. Preoccupation with 'autonomy'<br/><br/><br/>44. A 'win' in medical Russian Roulette Lantos' reply<br/><br/> 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0192629344 (hardbound) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Medical ethics--Miscellanea.<br/>Perinatology--Moral and ethical aspects.<br/>Perinatology--Miscellanea.<br/>Evidence-based medicine--Moral and ethical aspects.<br/>Ethics, Medical--collected works.<br/>Evidence-Based Medicine--collected works.<br/>Research--collected works.<br/>Pediatrics--collected works.
<br/><br/><label>National Library of Medicine Call No.: </label>WB 5 S587w 1998