TY  - BOOK
AU  - Collins,H.M.
AU  - Pinch,T.J.
TI  - Dr. Golem: how to think about medicine 
SN  - 9780226113692 (electronic bk.)
AV  - RC81 .C695 2005eb
U1  - 616/.001 22
PY  - 2005///
CY  - Chicago
PB  - University of Chicago Press
KW  - Medicine, Popular
KW  - Medicine
KW  - Philosophy
KW  - Sociology, Medical
KW  - Consumer Participation
KW  - Delivery of Health Care
KW  - Physician-Patient Relations
KW  - MEDICAL
KW  - Evidence-Based Medicine
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - HEALTH & FITNESS
KW  - Diseases
KW  - General
KW  - Internal Medicine
KW  - Clinical Medicine
KW  - Kwakzalverij
KW  - gtt
KW  - Wetenschap
KW  - Beperkingen
KW  - სამედიცინო სოციოლოგია
KW  - ჯანმრთელობის დაცვა
KW  - ექიმისა და პაციენტის ურთიერთობა
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-239) and index; 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
N2  - A creature of Jewish mythology, a golem is an animated being made by man from clay and water who knows neither his own strength nor the extent of his ignorance. Like science and technology, the subjects of Harry Collins and Trevor Pinch's previous volumes, medicine is also a golem, and this Dr. Golem should not be blamed for its mistakes?they are, after all, our mistakes. The problem lies in its well-meaning clumsiness. Dr. Golem explores some of the mysteries and complexities of medicine while untangling the inherent conundrums of scientific research and highlighting its vagaries. Driven by t
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