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 medicine. The 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 ev...

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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 : Princeton University Press, [2020]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Medical policy
Evidence-based medicine
Clinical medicine > Decision making
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > General.
Politique sanitaire.
Medecine factuelle > Aspect politique > États-Unis.
Medecine clinique > Prise de decision.
Medecine factuelle.
Politique sanitaire > États-Unis.
Health Policy
Evidence-Based Medicine
Medical policy.
Evidence-based medicine > Political aspects > United States.
Clinical medicine > Decision making.
Evidence-based medicine.
Medical policy > United States.
United States
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • The Medical Guesswork Problem
  • Sham Surgery: A Case Study of the Use of Medical Evidence
  • Doctor Knows Best: The Influence of Physician Leadership on Public Opinion
  • The Limits of Professional Self-Regulation: Findings from a National Physician Survey
  • Zero-Credit Politics: The Government's Sluggish Effort to Promote Evidence-Based Medicine, 1970s-2008
  • 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).

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