Author

Publication

2000-02-01 - Georgetown University Press

Language

English

Word Count

58,500 words, Guess

Page Count

234 pages

Physical Format

Paperback

Identifiers

  • Internet Archivegettingdoctorsto00phil
  • ISBN-100878407820
  • ISBN-139780878407828
  • Goodreads5490612
  • LibraryThing3537888
and 3 more

Description

Physicians are often surprisingly reluctant to follow guidelines for treating patients based on research data. This book examines the reasons for physicians' skepticism about outcomes data and guidelines, assesses the merits of these concerns, and proposes ways of developing more useful data and more effective guidelines that would reduce their objections. This book concludes that in order both to make effective use of scientific studies and to establish a better balance between statistical results and skilled observation in the practice of medicine, physicians need to participate in all phases of outcomes research.

First Sentence

Is clinical medicine best thought of as a science or an art?

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Getting Doctors to ListenPaperbackGeorgetown University Press2000-02-01

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