Smart Health Choices making sense of health advice
Smart Health Choices provides the tools for assessing health advice, whether it comes from a specialist, a general practitioner, a naturopath, the media, the internet of a friend. It shows you how to take an active role in your own healthcare, and how to make the best decisions for you and your love...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Hammersmith Books Limited
2013.
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009622037906719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; About the authors; Before you read this book; Acknowledgements; Disclaimer; I: Health advice can be harmful; 1: This book could save your life; 2: Be sceptical; 3: Bad evidence; 4: Don't always rely on the experts; II: Your body, your choice; 5: Smart health choice essentials; 6: Choosing a practitioner or a hospital; III: Stories and studies; 7: An education in shopping; 8: The weakness of one; 9: The power of many; IV: Evaluating the evidence; 10: Judging which tests and treatments really work; 11: What makes you sick?
- V: Improving your healthcare12: Finding the best evidence; 13: Doing your bit; 14: How to apply the evidence to you and your situation; VI: Testing your skill; 15: Making sense of health advice; 16: Is this a useful diagnostic test?; 17: Decision thresholds; 18: Relative risk, relative and absolute risk reduction, number needed to treat and confidence intervals; Useful sources of health advice; Glossary; After you read this book; A, B, C; Index; D, E, F; G, H, I; J, K, L; M, N, O; P, Q, R; S, T, U; V, W, X; Y, Z
