Dr. Golem
How to Think about Medicine
280 pages, 1 halftone, 3 line drawings 5-1/4 x 8
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2005
Cloth $25.00
ISBN: 9780226113661
Published November 2005
Paper $18.00
ISBN: 9780226113678
Published March 2008
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Preface and Acknowledgments
Introduction - Medicine as Science and Medicine as Succor
1. The Hole in the Heart of Medicine: The Placebo Effect
2. Faking It for Real: Bogus Doctors
3. Tonsils: Diagnosing and Dealing with Uncertainty
4. Alternative Medicine: The Cases of Vitamin C and Cancer
5. Yuppie Flu, Fibromyalgia, and Other Contested Diseases
6. Defying Death: Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
7. The AIDS Activists
8. Vaccination and Parents' Rights: Mumps, Measles, Rubella (MMR), and Pertussis
Conclusion - The Themes Revisited
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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