Beschreibung:
With many common health conditions-diabetes, arthritis, depression-there is no one right route to effective treatment, and science does not give us one definitive answer. In practical chapters and through real stories, Dr. Zachary Berger shows how to bridge the gap between scientific knowledge, doctors' recommendations, and patient preferences.
AcknowledgmentsIntroduction1: Chronic Pain2: Common Conditions: The Gap Between Knowledge and Preference3: Poverty4: Depression5: High Blood Pressure: Where is the Limit?6: Diabetes - Sailing the Uncertain A1C7: Arthritis: Bred in the Bone8: Surgery9: How Good Are Guidelines?10: Is Half of All Research Wrong?11: Avoiding False Certainty12: Revisiting the Biomedical ParadigmBibliography