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Where's the evidence? : controversies in modern medicine / William A. Silverman ; with a foreword by David L. Sackett.

By: Series: Oxford medical publicationsPublication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c1998.Description: xv, 259 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 0192629344 (hardbound)
Other title:
  • Where is the evidence?
Subject(s): NLM classification:
  • WB 5 S587w 1998
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Contents:
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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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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