Medical Illuminations: Using Evidence, Visualization and Statistical Thinking to Improve Healthcare

by Howard Wainer

Is it sensible to screen for breast or prostate cancer? Should the locations of cancer clusters be made available to the general public? When a doctor wants to perform major surgery and there's no chance for a second opinion, do you agree?

The answers to these questions are not as black and white as they may first appear. Medical Illuminations presents thirteen contemporary medical topics, from the diminishing value of mammograms to how to...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199668795
• ISBN13: 9780199668793
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.4" x 9.3"