Ending Medical Reversal
Improving Outcomes, Saving Lives
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Why medicine adopts ineffective or harmful medical practices only to abandon them—sometimes too late. Medications such as Vioxx and procedures such as vertebroplasty for back pain are among the medica...
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Why medicine adopts ineffective or harmful medical practices only to abandon them—sometimes too late. Medications such as Vioxx and procedures such as vertebroplasty for back pain are among the medical "advances" that turned out to be dangerous or useless. What Dr. Vinayak K. Prasad and Dr. Adam S. Cifu call medical reversal happens when doctors start using a medication, procedure, or diagnostic tool without a robust evidence base—and then stop using it when it is found not to help, or even to harm, patients. In Ending Medical Reversal, Drs. Prasad and Cifu narrate fascinating stories from every corner of medicine to explore why medical reversals occur, how they are harmful, and what can be done to avoid them. They explore the difference between medical innovations that improve care and those that only appear to be promising. They also outline a comprehensive plan to reform medical education, research funding and protocols, and the process for approving new drugs that will ensure that more of what gets done in doctors' offices and hospitals is truly effective.
Detaljer
Forlag
Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN
9781421429045
Sprog
Engelsk
Sider
280
Udgivelsesdato
09-07-2019
Format
Paperback
Varenr.
3348729
EAN nr.
9781421429045
Varegruppe
Engelsk non fiction div.
Højde/Dybde (mm)
229
Bredde (mm)
154
Længde (mm)
17
Vægt (g)
438