Risk, chance, and causation : investigating the origins and treatment of disease

Risk, chance, and causation : investigating the origins and treatment of disease / Michael B. Bracken.

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Main Author: Bracken, Michael B., 1942- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2013.
Subjects:
Diseases > Treatment.
Diseases > Causes and theories of causation.
Therapeutics.
treating (health care function)
MEDICAL > Health Risk Assessment.
MEDICAL > History.
Therapeutics
Diseases > Treatment
Diseases > Causes and theories of causation
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • List of abbreviations
  • One. Risk, chance, and causation : Investigating the origins and treatment of disease
  • Tow. Chance and randomness
  • Three. Risk
  • Four. Randomization and clinical trials
  • Five. More trials and some tribulations
  • Six. Harm
  • Seven. Screening, diagnosis, and prognosis
  • Eight. A statistical sojourn
  • Nine. Disease clusters
  • Ten. Genetics and the genome
  • Eleven. The study of mankind is man : Reflections on animal research
  • Twelve. Celebrity trumps science
  • Thirteen. Replication and pooling
  • Fourteen. Bias in publication and reporting
  • Fifteen. Causes
  • Sixteen. Ultimate causation
  • Notes
  • Bibliography and further reading
  • Index.

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