False Positive: A Year of Error, Omission, and Political Correctness in the New England Journal of Medicine

by Theodore Dalrymple

Book Overview

The New England Journal of Medicine is one of the most important general medical journals in the world. Doctors rely on the conclusions it publishes, and most do not have the time to look beyond abstracts to examine methodology or question assumptions. Many of its pronouncements are conveyed by the media to a mass audience, which is likely to take them as authoritative. But is this trust entirely warranted?

Theodore Dalrymple, a doctor...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1641770465
• ISBN13: 9781641770460
• Release Date: June 2019
• Publisher: Encounter Books
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.2" x 9.2"