Ending Medical Reversal - Improving Outcomes, Saving Lives - Couverture rigide

Prasad, Vinayak K.; Cifu, Adam S.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1421417723 ISBN 13 : 9781421417721

Editeur : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2015

Synopsis

We expect medicine to progress in an orderly fashion, with good medical practices being replaced by better ones. But some tests and therapies are discontinued because they are found to be worse, or at least no better, than what they replaced. Medications like Vioxx and procedures such as vertebroplasty for back pain caused by compression fractures are among the medical "advances" that turned out to be dangerous or useless. What Dr Vinayak K Prasad and Dr Adam S Cifu call medical reversal happens when doctors start using a medication, procedure, or diagnostic tool without a robust evidence base-and then stop using it when it is found not to help, or even to harm, patients. Drs Prasad and Cifu narrate fascinating stories from every corner of medicine to explore why medical reversals occur, how they are harmful, and what can be done to avoid them. They explore the difference between medical innovations that improve care and those that only appear to be promising. They also outline a comprehensive plan to reform medical education, research funding and protocols, and the process for approving new drugs that will ensure that more of what gets done in doctors' offices and hospitals is truly effective.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Vinayak K. Prasad, MD, MPH is a practicing hematologist-oncologist and internal medicine physician. An associate professor of medicine and public health at Oregon Health & Science University, he is the coauthor of Ending Medical Reversal: Improving Outcomes, Saving Lives.

Adam S. Cifu, MD, is a professor of medicine at the University of Chicago. He is a practicing general internist, medical educator, and the coauthor of Symptom to Diagnosis: An Evidence-Based Guide.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Date d'édition: 2015
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1421417723
• ISBN 13: 9781421417721
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 280
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible