Dr. Golem : how to think about medicine / Harry Collins & Trevor Pinch.
- Collins, H. M. (Harry M.), 1943-
- Date:
- [2005], ©2005
- Books
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Publication/Creation
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2005], ©2005.
Physical description
xii, 246 pages ; 21 cm
Bibliographic information
Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-239) and index.
Contents
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: measles, mumps, rubella (MMR), and pertussis -- Conclusion: the themes revisited.
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Location Status History of MedicineAAB/COLOpen shelves
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- 0226113663