Prasad, Vinayak K.,  1982- <br/><br/>
Ending medical reversal :  improving outcomes, saving lives / 
Vinayak K. Prasad and Adam S. Cifu. 
 - vii, 264 pages :  charts ;  24 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>What is medical reversal? -- Subjective outcomes : why feeling better is often misleading -- Surrogate outcomes -- Screening tests -- System failure -- Finding flawed therapies on our own -- The frequency of medical reversal -- The harms of medical reversal : today's patients, tomorrow's patients and the healthcare field -- A primer in evidence based medicine : what is evidence in medicine? -- What really got you better : when evidence gets complicated -- Scientific progress, revolution, and medical reversal -- Sources of flawed data -- Why are we so attracted to flawed therapies? -- Medical education : a very good place to start -- Academic medicine -- Reforming the system : the burden of proof and nudging our way past reversal -- How not to become a victim of reversal -- Beyond dogma : when randomized trials are unnecessary. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781421417721 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1421417723 (hardcover : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2014049513 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>0<br/>Medical care.<br/>0<br/>Therapeutics.<br/>0<br/>Clinical trials.<br/>Evidence-based medicine.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>R733  / .P73 2015 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>615.5 
<br/><br/><label>National Library of Medicine Call No.: </label>W 84.41