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Getting Doctors to Listen
Philip J. Boyle
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Description for Getting Doctors to Listen
Paperback. Examines why physicians are often surprisingly reluctant to follow guidelines for treating patients based on research data. This book assesses the merits of these concerns - which include worries about legal liability, financial incentives, the scientific validity of the data, and the objectivity of the issuer of the guidelines. Series: Hastings Center Studies in Ethics Series. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: MBDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 350.
This book examines why physicians are often surprisingly reluctant to follow guidelines for treating patients based on research data. It assesses the merits of these concerns - which include worries about legal liability, financial incentives, the scientific validity of the data, and the objectivity of the issuer of the guidelines. It also proposes ways of developing more useful data and more effective guidelines that would reduce their objections.
This book examines why physicians are often surprisingly reluctant to follow guidelines for treating patients based on research data. It assesses the merits of these concerns - which include worries about legal liability, financial incentives, the scientific validity of the data, and the objectivity of the issuer of the guidelines. It also proposes ways of developing more useful data and more effective guidelines that would reduce their objections.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Georgetown University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Series
Hastings Center Studies in Ethics Series
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
Washington, DC, United States
ISBN
9780878407828
SKU
V9780878407828
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About Philip J. Boyle
Philip J. Boyle is senior vice president and editor-in-chief of The Park Ridge Center. He was formerly the associate for medical ethics at The Hastings Center.
Reviews for Getting Doctors to Listen
A probing and tightly-knit collection of papers ... Getting Doctors to Listen has one of the hallmarks of truly important scholarly work: implications beyond its stated scope. In particular, the findings of the project pose a deep problem for the ethics of research. JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association)