TY  - BOOK
AU  - Patashnik,Eric M.
AU  - Dowling,Conor M.
AU  - Gerber,Alan S.
AU  - Patashnik,Eric M.
TI  - Unhealthy Politics: The Battle over Evidence-Based Medicine 
SN  - 9780691208565
AV  - RA395.A3 
U1  - 362.10973 23
PY  - 2020///]
CY  - Princeton, NJ : 
PB  - Princeton University Press, 
KW  - Clinical medicine
KW  - Decision making
KW  - Evidence-based medicine
KW  - Political aspects
KW  - United States
KW  - Medical care
KW  - Medical policy
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / General
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - Frontmatter --; CONTENTS --; LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES --; PREFACE TO THE PAPERBACK EDITION --; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --; UNHEALTHY POLITICS --; Introduction --; 1. The Medical Guesswork Problem --; 2. Sham Surgery --; 3. Doctor Knows Best --; 4. The Limits of Professional Self- Regulation --; 5. Zero-Credit Politics --; 6. Electoral Competition, Polarization, and the Breakdown of Elite- Led Social Learning --; Conclusion. --; APPENDIX TO CHAPTER 3 --; NOTES --; BIBLIOGRAPHY --; INDEX; restricted access
N2  - How partisanship, polarization, and medical authority stand in the way of evidence-based medicineThe U.S. medical system is touted as the most advanced in the world, yet many common treatments are not based on sound science. Unhealthy Politics sheds new light on why the government's response to this troubling situation has been so inadequate, and why efforts to improve the evidence base of U.S. medicine continue to cause so much political controversy. This critically important book paints a portrait of a medical industry with vast influence over which procedures and treatments get adopted, and a public burdened by the rising costs of health care yet fearful of going against "doctor's orders." Now with a new preface by the authors, Unhealthy Politics offers vital insights into the limits of science, expertise, and professionalism in American politics
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1515/9780691208565?locatt=mode:legacy
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