Diagnosis, therapy, and evidence conundrums in modern American medicine / Gerald N. Grob and Allan V. Horwitz.

SeriesCritical issues in health and medicine
Critical issues in health and medicine. ^A886083
Contents Rhetoric and reality in modern American medicine -- Medical rivalry and etiological speculation : the case of peptic ulcer -- How theory makes bad practice : the case of tonsillectomy -- How science tries to explain deadly diseases : coronary heart disease and cancer -- Transforming amorphous stress into discrete disorders : the case of anxiety -- Depression : creating consensus from diagnostic confusion -- Post-traumatic stress disorder : the result of abnormal environments or abnormal individuals?.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2009008097
ISBN9780813546711 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN9780813546728 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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