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Surgery, The Ultimate Placebo: A Surgeon Cuts through the Evidence
Professor Ian Harris
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Description for Surgery, The Ultimate Placebo: A Surgeon Cuts through the Evidence
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BGTA; MN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 209 x 28. Weight in Grams: 312.
A senior surgeon suggests that many commonly performed operations are not necessary and that any benefits they offer are a placebo. For many complaints and conditions the benefits from surgery are lower, and the risks higher, than you or your surgeon think. In this book you will see how commonly performed operations can be found to be useless or even harmful when properly evaluated. Of course no surgeon is recommending invasive surgery in bad faith, but Ian Harris argues that the evidence for the success for many common operations, including knee arthroscopies, ... Read more
A senior surgeon suggests that many commonly performed operations are not necessary and that any benefits they offer are a placebo. For many complaints and conditions the benefits from surgery are lower, and the risks higher, than you or your surgeon think. In this book you will see how commonly performed operations can be found to be useless or even harmful when properly evaluated. Of course no surgeon is recommending invasive surgery in bad faith, but Ian Harris argues that the evidence for the success for many common operations, including knee arthroscopies, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
NewSouth Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Sydney, NSW, Australia
ISBN
9781742234571
SKU
V9781742234571
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About Professor Ian Harris
Professor Ian Harris AM is a senior orthopaedic surgeon who works at Liverpool, St George, St George Private and Sutherland Hospitals in Sydney. His academic affiliation is with UNSW, South Western Sydney Clinical School at Liverpool Hospital, in Sydney, Austrailia. He has a PhD from the University of Sydney on surgical outcomes. He has published more than 100 peer-reviewed articles ... Read more
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