Dr. Golem how to think about medicine /

Main Author: Collins, H. M. 1943-
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc.
Other Authors: Pinch, T. J.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c2005.
Subjects:
Online Access:http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10265995
Table of 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.