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Auteur(s) : Collins, Harry M. (1943-....)
Pinch, Trevor (1952-2021)
Titre(s) : Dr. Golem [Texte imprimé] : how to think about medicine / Harry Collins & Trevor Pinch
Publication : Chicago : University of Chicago press, cop. 2005
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XII-246 p.) ; 21 cm
Comprend : Medicine as science and medicine as succor ; The hole in the heart of medicine:
the placebo effect ; Faking it for real: bogus doctors ; Tonsils: diagnosing and
dealing with uncertainty ; Alternative medicine: the cases of vitamin C and cancer
; Yuppie flu, fibromyalgia, and other contested diseases ; Defying death: cardiopulmonary
resuscitation (CPR) ; The AIDS activists ; Vaccination and parents' rights: measles,
mumps, rubella (MMR), and pertussis ; Conclusion: the themes revisited.
Note(s) : Bibliogr. p. 235-239
The authors explore some mysteries of medicine while untangling the conundrums of
scientific research and highlighting its vagaries. Driven by the question of what
to do in the face of the fallibility of medicine, the book encourages a more inquisitive
attitude toward the accounts offered by medical science
Sujet(s) : Médecine populaire
Médecine -- Philosophie
Indice(s) Dewey :
616.001 (23e éd.) = Maladies - Philosophie et théorie
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 0226113663. - ISBN 9780226113661 (rel.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb42679968h
Notice n° :
FRBNF42679968
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