Bibliograph

How medicine works and when it doesn't, learning who to trust to get and stay healthy, F. Perry Wilson, MD MSCE

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How medicine works and when it doesn't, learning who to trust to get and stay healthy, F. Perry Wilson, MD MSCE

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

How medicine works and when it doesn't

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1341268376

Responsibility statement

F. Perry Wilson, MD MSCE

Sub title

learning who to trust to get and stay healthy

Summary

"We live in an age of medical miracles. Never in the history of humankind has so much talent and energy been harnessed to cure disease. So why does it feel like it's getting harder to live our healthiest lives? Why does it seem like "experts" can't agree on anything, and why do our interactions with medical professionals feel less personal, less honest, and less impactful than ever? Through stories from his own practice and historical case studies, Dr. F. Perry Wilson, a physician and researcher from the Yale School of Medicine, explains how and why the doctor-patient relationship has eroded in recent years and illuminates how profit-driven companies-from big Pharma to healthcare corporations-have corrupted what should have been medicine's golden age. By clarifying the realities of the medical field today, Dr. Wilson gives readers the tools they need to make informed decisions, from evaluating the validity of medical information online to helping caregivers advocate for their loved ones, in the doctor's office and with the insurance company. Dr. Wilson wants readers to understand medicine and medical science the way he does: as an imperfect and often frustrating field, but still the best option for getting well. To rebuild trust between patients, doctors, medicine, and science, we need to be honest, we need to know how to spot misinformation, and we need to avoid letting skepticism ferment into cynicism. For it is only by redefining "good medicine"-science that is well-researched, rational, safe, effective, and delivered with compassion, empathy, and trust-that the doctor-patient relationship can be truly healed"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Introduction -- Our most human failing: Why the most devastating public health crisis is motivated reasoning -- Changing our minds: Why medical advice feels so fickle, and why that is actually a good thing -- The temptation of the "One simple thing": Why we gravitate to fad diets, quick fixes, and empty promises -- The quest for causality: Why medical researchers are obsessed with understanding the effects of A on B -- How coin flips changed medicine forever: Why the randomized trial is the pinnacle of medical knowledge generation -- Good medicine may not be good for you: Why the best choice for a patient may not be the best choice for all patients -- No such thing as incurable: Why breakthroughs are rare but inevitable -- Pharma: Why greedy corporations are still necessary, and how we can change them -- Too good to be true: How fraud destroys trust, and how to recognize it when it happens -- Healing the system: How we can work together to reshape healthcare -- Moving together: How doctors and patients must change to trust one another again

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