Bodies in Flux : Scientific Methods for Negotiating Medical Uncertainty /

Doctors, scientists, and patients have long grappled with the dubious nature of "certainty" in medical practice. To help navigate the chaos caused by ongoing bodily change we rely on scientific reductions and deductions. We take what we know now and make best guesses about what will be. Bu...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Teston, Christa (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2017]
Temas:
Evidence-based medicine.
Uncertainty (Information theory)
MEDICAL / General.
assessment.
backstage.
biomedicine.
computation.
evidence.
material feminism.
rhetoric.
synthesis.
uncertainty.
visual rhetoric.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. Evidential Matter(s)
  • 2. Evidencing Visuals
  • 3. Assessing Evidence
  • 4. Synthesizing Evidence
  • 5. Computing Evidence
  • 6. Dwelling with Disease
  • Appendix A. ODAC Hearings Post-Avastin, 2011-2013 (Not Including Pediatric Hearings)
  • Appendix B. CSR Outlines
  • Appendix C. Genetic Testing Methods and Techniques, 1950-1990
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index

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