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Do No Harm
Stewart Justman
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Description for Do No Harm
hardcover. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: MJCL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 148 x 24. Weight in Grams: 431.
A fascinating medical detective story about the unusual reception for a promising new drug by a skeptical medical community reluctant to abandon its age-old Hippocratic Oath of "Do No Harm." Stewart Justman explains how a pill called finasteride, proven to dramatically reduce the incidence of prostate cancer, was found to be also associated with a distinctly higher rate of aggressive cancer. As urologists and oncologists were presented with a strange mix of eurekas and cautionary notes, physicians adhered to their best principles and remained wary of massive application. For now, the drug is deemed too risky: the medical dictum of ... Read more
A fascinating medical detective story about the unusual reception for a promising new drug by a skeptical medical community reluctant to abandon its age-old Hippocratic Oath of "Do No Harm." Stewart Justman explains how a pill called finasteride, proven to dramatically reduce the incidence of prostate cancer, was found to be also associated with a distinctly higher rate of aggressive cancer. As urologists and oncologists were presented with a strange mix of eurekas and cautionary notes, physicians adhered to their best principles and remained wary of massive application. For now, the drug is deemed too risky: the medical dictum of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Chicago, United States
ISBN
9781566636278
SKU
V9781566636278
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Ref
99-15
About Stewart Justman
Stewart Justman won the PEN Award for the Art of the Essay for his book Seeds of Mortality, published by Ivan R. Dee in 2003. He lives in Missoula, Montana.
Reviews for Do No Harm
Recommended for academic or medical libraries interested in bioethical case studies.
Tina Neville
Library Journal
Thoughtful review of a cancer-preventing drug that doctors don't use—probably with good reasons....An eloquent account of the medical profession's sometimes cautious approach to advancement.
Kirkus
Justman rewardingly performs the alchemy of mixing science, medicine, and literature.
Donna Chavez
... Read more
Tina Neville
Library Journal
Thoughtful review of a cancer-preventing drug that doctors don't use—probably with good reasons....An eloquent account of the medical profession's sometimes cautious approach to advancement.
Kirkus
Justman rewardingly performs the alchemy of mixing science, medicine, and literature.
Donna Chavez
... Read more