Unhealthy Politics : The Battle over Evidence-Based Medicine /

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How partisanship, polarization, and medical authority stand in the way of evidence-based medicineThe U.S. medical system is touted as the most advanced in the world, yet many common treatments are not based on sound science. Treatments can go into widespread use before they are rigorously evaluated,...

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Autores principales: Patashnik, Eric M. (Autor), Dowling, Conor M. (Autor), Gerber, Alan S. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2017]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Medical policy.
Evidence-based medicine.
MEDICAL > Clinical Medicine.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
Politique sanitaire.
Medecine factuelle.
Medecine factuelle > Aspect politique > États-Unis.
Politique sanitaire > États-Unis.
Evidence-Based Practice
Health Policy
Evidence-Based Medicine
Evidence-based medicine > Political aspects > United States.
Medical policy > United States.
United States.
United States
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover ; UNHEALTHY POLITICS ; Title ; Copyright ; CONTENTS ; List of Figures and Tables ; Acknowledgments ; Introduction ; 1 The Medical Guesswork Problem ; 2 Sham Surgery: A Case Study of the Use of Medical Evidence.
  • 3 Doctor Knows Best: The Influence of Physician Leadership on Public Opinion 4 The Limits of Professional Self- Regulation: Findings from a National Physician Survey ; 5 Zero-Credit Politics: The Government's Sluggish Effort to Promote Evidence- Based Medicine, 1970s- 2008.
  • 6 Electoral Competition, Polarization, and the Breakdown of Elite- Led Social Learning Conclusion: Postenactment Coalition Building (and Other Strategies for Sustaining Reform in a Polarized Age) ; Appendixes ; Notes ; Bibliography ; Index.

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