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Dr. Golem : How to Think about Medicine, Paperback / softback Book

Dr. Golem : How to Think about Medicine Paperback / softback

Paperback / softback

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Dr. Golem explores some of the mysteries and complexities of medicine while untangling the inherent conundrums of scientific research and highlighting its vagaries.

In eight chapters devoted to case studies of modern medicine, Harry Collins and Trevor Pinch consider the prevalence of tonsillectomies, the placebo effect and randomized control trials, bogus doctors, CPR, the efficacy of vitamin C in fighting cancer, chronic fatigue syndrome, AIDS cures, and vaccination.

Throughout, Collins and Pinch remind readers that medical science is an economic as well as a social consideration, encapsulated for the authors in the timeless struggle to balance the good health of the many with the good health of a few.

Dr. Golem is a timely analysis of the limitations of medicine that never loses sight of its strengths.

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