The Gold Standard : The Challenge Of Evidence-Based Medicine /

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Timmermans, Stefan, 1968-
Other Authors: Berg, Marc
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia, Pa. : Temple University Press, 2003.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Evidence-based medicine.
Medical care > Standards.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: The Politics of Standardization
  • 1 Standardization in Medicine in the Twentieth Century: The Emergence of the Paper-Based Patient Record
  • 2 Standards at Work: A Dynamic Transformation of Medicine
  • 3 From Autonomy to Accountability? Clinical Practice Guidelines and Professionalization
  • 4 Guidelines, Professionals, and the Production of Objectivity in Insurance Medicine
  • 5 Evidence-Based Medicine and Learning to Doctor
  • 6 Standardizing Risk: A Case Study of Thalidomide
  • Epilogue: The Quest for Quality
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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