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Dr. Golem How to Think about Medicine

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ISBN-10: 0226113671

ISBN-13: 9780226113678

Edition: 2008

Authors: Harry Collins, Trevor Pinch

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Dr. Golemexplores 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, Collins and 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…    
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Book details

List price: $30.00
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 4/1/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 258
Size: 5.24" wide x 7.99" long x 0.55" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English

Harry Collins is the Distinguished Research Professor of Sociology and director of the Centre for the Study of Knowledge, Expertise, and Science at Cardiff University, and a fellow of the British Academy.

Preface and Acknowledgments
Introduction - Medicine as Science and Medicine as Succor
The Hole in the Heart of Medicine: The Placebo Effect
Faking It for Real: Bogus Doctors
Tonsils: Diagnosing and Dealing with Uncertainty
Alternative Medicine: The Cases of Vitamin C and Cancer
Yuppie Flu, Fibromyalgia, and Other Contested Diseases
Defying Death: Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
The AIDS Activists
Vaccination and Parents' Rights: Mumps, Measles, Rubella (MMR), and Pertussis
Conclusion - The Themes Revisited
Notes
Bibliography
Index