Search Results - "Mother Teresa"

The orange wire problem and other tales from the doctor's office by Watts, H. David

Table of Contents: “…-- The soft animal of the body -- Aspirin and beauty -- Notes from the center of a perpetual breakdown -- Ready for anything -- A critical distance -- The way we know what we know -- Third opinion -- Hanna's volvulus -- The case of the missing molecule -- The pill on the shelf -- Mother Teresa and the problem of care -- The doctor's pill -- Afterword: brilliance.…”
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Hope or hype the obsession with medical advances and the high cost of false promises / by Deyo, Richard A.

Table of Contents: “…how to get the "right" answer in clinical research -- "Cancer cured--film at 11:00": the media's role in disseminating medical advances -- Doctors and hospitals: fueling the drive for new and more -- Advocacy groups: Mother Teresa's waiting room -- Holes in the safety net: the FDA and the FTC -- Ineffective. inferior or needlessly costly new drugs -- Medical devices that disappoint -- Ineffective or needlessly extensive surgery -- Weight loss technology: shedding pounds from your waistline or your wallet? …”
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