Medical illuminations : using evidence, visualization and statistical thinking to improve healthcare /

Is it sensible to screen for breast or prostate cancer? Should the locations of cancer clusters be made available to the general public? When a doctor wants to perform major surgery and there's no chance for a second opinion, do you agree?The answers to these questions are not as black and whit...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wainer, Howard (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2014.
Edición:First edition.
Temas:
Medical statistics.
Evidence-based medicine.
Statistics > Graphic methods.
Delivery of Health Care > statistics & numerical data
Evidence-Based Medicine
Evidence-Based Practice
Médecine factuelle.
Statistique > Méthodes graphiques.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Holism.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Reference.
MEDICAL > Alternative Medicine.
MEDICAL > Atlases.
MEDICAL > Essays.
MEDICAL > Family & General Practice.
MEDICAL > Holistic Medicine.
MEDICAL > Osteopathy.
Internet Resources.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Is it sensible to screen for breast or prostate cancer? Should the locations of cancer clusters be made available to the general public? When a doctor wants to perform major surgery and there's no chance for a second opinion, do you agree?The answers to these questions are not as black and white as they may first appear. Medical Illuminations presents thirteen contemporary medical topics, from the diminishing value of mammograms to how to decide if a hip needs to be replaced, to understanding cancer maps. In each case it illustrates how modern tools of statistical thinking and statistical grap.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xv, 175 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-170) and index.
ISBN:9780191646034
0191646032
9781299794535
129979453X

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