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Snowball in a Blizzard: A Physician's Notes on Uncertainty in Medicine
Steven Hatch
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Description for Snowball in a Blizzard: A Physician's Notes on Uncertainty in Medicine
Hardcover. A physician argues that medicine is uncertain, and shows us how we can use this uncertainty to our advantage Num Pages: 320 pages, TBD. BIC Classification: MBG; MJ; PBT; VFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
There's a running joke among radiologists: finding a tumor in a mammogram is akin to finding a snowball in a blizzard. A bit of medical gallows humour, this simile illustrates the difficulties of finding signals (the snowball) against a background of noise (the blizzard). Doctors are faced with similar difficulties every day when sifting through piles of data from blood tests to X-rays to endless lists of patient symptoms.Diagnoses are often just educated guesses, and prognoses less certain still. There is a significant amount of uncertainty in the daily practice of medicine, resulting in confusion and potentially deadly complications. Dr. ... Read more
There's a running joke among radiologists: finding a tumor in a mammogram is akin to finding a snowball in a blizzard. A bit of medical gallows humour, this simile illustrates the difficulties of finding signals (the snowball) against a background of noise (the blizzard). Doctors are faced with similar difficulties every day when sifting through piles of data from blood tests to X-rays to endless lists of patient symptoms.Diagnoses are often just educated guesses, and prognoses less certain still. There is a significant amount of uncertainty in the daily practice of medicine, resulting in confusion and potentially deadly complications. Dr. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Basic Books
Condition
New
Number of Pages
312
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780465050642
SKU
V9780465050642
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Ref
99-15
About Steven Hatch
Steven Hatch is an assistant professor of medicine at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, working in the Division of Infectious Disease and Immunology. He lives in Newton, Massachusetts.
Reviews for Snowball in a Blizzard: A Physician's Notes on Uncertainty in Medicine
PRAISE FOR SNOWBALL IN A BLIZZARD: "Informative...Snowball in a Blizzard adds an important perspective...[The book] rightly sounds the alarm: Better communication between doctors and patients is essential to improve medical decision making."
Wall Street Journal "[Snowball in a Blizzard is a] penetrating examination of uncertainty in diagnoses and treatment."
Nature "Snowball in a Blizzard is Hatch's first book, but the ... Read more
Wall Street Journal "[Snowball in a Blizzard is a] penetrating examination of uncertainty in diagnoses and treatment."
Nature "Snowball in a Blizzard is Hatch's first book, but the ... Read more