The Cochrane Collaboration: Medicine's Best-Kept Secret Contributor(s): Cassels, Alan (Author), Iain, Chalmers (Foreword by), Jeremy, Gordaneer (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 1927755301 ISBN-13: 9781927755303 Publisher: Agio Publishing House OUR PRICE: $18.99 Product Type: Paperback Published: November 2015 |
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BISAC Categories: - Medical | Public Health - Medical | Research - Medical | Evidence-based Medicine |
Physical Information: 0.47" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.58 lbs) 224 pages |
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Publisher Description: "The Cochrane Collaboration... rivals the Human Genome Project in its potential implications for modern medicine." - C. David Naylor, "The Lancet" "How can we have a rational health service if we don't know which of the things being done in it are useful and which are useless or possibly even harmful?" - Archie Cochrane, in "Effectiveness and Efficiency," 1972 What's hocus-pocus and what really works? Though largely unknown to the public, the Cochrane Collaboration is made up of more than 30,000 medical researchers and consumer representatives from more than 100 countries - unbiased experts and investigators who parse the scienceof modern health care and delve deep into the evidence (or lack thereof) to determine what works and what doesn't. In this frank, factual and entertaining volume, Cassels draws from more than 160 interviews to shed light on this international cadre of medical truth-seekers whose rigorous work helps prevent medical misjudgement, reduce unnecessary suffering, preserve lives and circumvent the squandering of billions of dollars. ABOUT THE AUTHOR - ALAN CASSELS |