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.