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Author:

Collins, H. M. (Harry M.), 1943-

Title:

Dr. Golem : how to think about medicine / Harry Collins & Trevor Pinch.

Publisher:

University of Chicago Press,

Copyright Date:

2005

Description:

xii, 246 p. ; 21 cm.

Subject:

Medicine, Popular.
Medicine--Philosophy
Sociology, Medical.
Consumer participation.
Delivery of Health Care
Physician-Patient Relations.

Other Authors:

Pinch, T. J. (Trevor J.)

Notes:

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.

ISBN:

9780226113661 (cloth : alk. paper)
0226113663 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)57514726

LCCN:

2005001621

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UWAX953 -- Waldorf University - Luise V. Hanson Library (Forest City)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)