Snowball in a blizzard : a physician's notes on uncertainty in medicine /
Hatch, Steven, 1969-
Snowball in a blizzard : a physician's notes on uncertainty in medicine / Steven Hatch. - p. ; cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Primum non nocere : the motivations and hazards of overdiagnosis -- Vignette : the perils of predictive value -- Snowball in a blizzard -- The pressures of managing pressure -- Lyme's false prophets : chronic fatigue, tick-borne illness, and the overselling of certainty -- The origins of knowledge and the seeds of uncertainty -- The correlation/causation problem, or why dark chocolate may not lower your risk of heart failure -- Health watch : hype, hysteria, and the media's overconfident march of progress -- Conclusion : the conversation.
9780465050642 (hc)
2015041457
Diagnosis.
Prognosis.
RC71 / .H38 2016
616.07/5
WB 141
Snowball in a blizzard : a physician's notes on uncertainty in medicine / Steven Hatch. - p. ; cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Primum non nocere : the motivations and hazards of overdiagnosis -- Vignette : the perils of predictive value -- Snowball in a blizzard -- The pressures of managing pressure -- Lyme's false prophets : chronic fatigue, tick-borne illness, and the overselling of certainty -- The origins of knowledge and the seeds of uncertainty -- The correlation/causation problem, or why dark chocolate may not lower your risk of heart failure -- Health watch : hype, hysteria, and the media's overconfident march of progress -- Conclusion : the conversation.
9780465050642 (hc)
2015041457
Diagnosis.
Prognosis.
RC71 / .H38 2016
616.07/5
WB 141