Teddy Bader (USA University of Oklahoma)

Which Treatment Is Best? Spoof or Proof?

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Which Medical Treatment is Best? Spoof or Proof? explains the best scientific evidence for any treatment - the randomized controlled trial. This book begins with rotten humors as the source for all diseases. The story ends with the randomized controlled trial and how to interpret it.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 164
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Februar 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 292g
• ISBN-13: 9781032348186
• ISBN-10: 1032348186
• Artikelnr.: 65902846

Inhaltsangabe

1. Early Egyptian Medicine. 2. Hippocrates
Galen and the Humoral Theory. 3. Clay Ears and Asclepian Medicine. 4. Authority as Proof. 5. Andreas Vesalius and Keen Observation. 6. William Harvey Counts Heart Beats. 7. Smallpox
Edward Jenner
and Numbers. 8. Anthony Van Leeuwenhoek and the Microscope. 9. Louis Pasteur
Anthrax
and Rabies. 10. Wilhelm Roentgen
X-rays
and Bullets. 11. Ether
William Morton
and a Yankee Dodge. 12. Tuberculosis
Streptomycin
and Robert Koch. 13. Placebo or the I Feel Better Pill. 14. John Brinkley and Goat Gland Transplantation. 15. Laetrile
Cyanide
and Ernst Krebs. 16. Testimonials and Endorsements. 17. Controlled Trials and Hidden Harm. 18. Randomized Double Blind Controlled Trials. 19. Interpreting the Results of a Clinical Trial. 20. The Gold Standard for Evidence Based Medicine.