Where's the evidence? : controversies in modern medicine / William A. Silverman ; with a foreword by David L. Sackett.
Series: Oxford medical publicationsPublication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c1998.Description: xv, 259 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:- 0192629344 (hardbound)
- Where is the evidence?
- WB 5 S587w 1998
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
1. Selective ethics
2. Does a difference make a difference
3. Prescription for disaster
4. Therapeutic mystique
5. Humane limits
6. Intruding in private tragedies
7. The glut of information
8. Betting on specified horses
9. Begin with 'if...'
10. Archie's scepticism
11. Arbitrary vs discretionary decisions
12. Bioengineering
13. '...disavowing the tree'
14. Diffusing responsibility Weil's reply
15. Hawthorne effects
16. Power plays
17. Unbridled enthusiasm
18. Caring and curing
19. On the edge
20. Informing and consenting Weil's reply
21. Lifesavers
22. Belief and disbelief
23. Preferences
24. Bradford Hill's doubts
25. More-informative abstracts
26. Pain control in neonates
27. Miraculous cures
28. Observer bias
29. The gamekeeper's brouhaha
30. Champing at the bit
31. Piecemeal skirmishes
32. Resolution of dilemma's Sinclair and Fowlie's reply Watts and Saigal's reply
33. 'Fixing' human reproduction
34. Justice defined as fairness
35. 'Methods-based' reviews
36. Non-replication of the replicable
37. Who defines 'futility' Goldworth and Benitz's reply
38. Fitting targets in holes
39. Medical 'manners' on trial
40. Sanction of whose beliefs and values?
41. Mindness existence
42. Interventions on an unprecedented scale
43. Preoccupation with 'autonomy'
44. A 'win' in medical Russian Roulette Lantos' reply
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