Bodies in flux : scientific methods for negotiating medical uncertainty /

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Author / Creator:	Teston, Christa, author.
Imprint:	Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2017.
Description:	1 online resource
Language:	English
Subject:	Evidence-based medicine. Uncertainty (Information theory) Evidence-Based Medicine. Uncertainty. Information Theory. Evidence-based medicine. Uncertainty (Information theory)
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11272733

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ISBN:	9780226450834 022645083X 9780226450520 022645052X 9780226450667 022645066X
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed March 27, 2017).
Summary:	Medical professionals, scientists, and patients have long grappled with the dubious nature of medical 'certainty' regarding diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis of disease states. Constructing certainty requires reductions and deductions. It requires us to take what we know now and make best guesses about what will be. We try to make peace with medical uncertainty by monitoring symptoms, modelling risk, and looking toward evidence. But bodies in flux always outpace the human gaze. With research, technologies, and patients themselves constantly changing, how do practitioners ultimately make decisions about care? 'Bodies in Flux' looks at the many ways humans coproduce medical knowledge.
Other form:	Print version: Teston, Christa. Bodies in flux. Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2017 9780226450520 022645052X

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