Tabloid medicine : how the Internet is being used to hijack medical science for fear and profit / Robert Goldberg.

Author/creator Goldberg, Robert
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Kaplan Pub., ©2010.
Descriptionx, 325 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents Prospect theory : the risks we choose to live with and why -- The precautionary principle: the politics of pseudocertainty -- Insta-Americans : the rise of online self-diagnosis -- A damaging precedent : the side effects of the Vioxx panic -- Web of fear : vaccines, autism, and the emergence of "instant experts" -- The suicide crisis : sowing fear about antidepressants -- Assault on scientists : the conflict-of-interest canard -- Tabloid medicine's victims : public health and medical progress -- Battling tabloid medicine : the personalized medicine revolution.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2010040556
ISBN9781607147275
ISBN1607147270

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks RA440 .G66 2010 ✔ Available Place Hold