The Gold Standard

The Challenge of Evidence-Based Medicine

Stefan Timmermans (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

272 Seiten

2003
Temple University Press,U.S. (Verlag)
978-1-59213-188-4 (ISBN)

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Critics shudder at the mindless sameness of standards, while supporters dream of a world in which standardized "best practices" open up a world of efficient health care delivery. This title takes up this debate to investigate the real meaning of standardization and how it affects patients, doctors, and the institution of medicine.

Stefan Timmermans is Associate Professor of Sociology at Brandeis University, and author of Sudden Death and the Myth of CPR (Temple), which was nominated for the C. Wright Mills Book Award. Marc Berg is Professor of Social Medical Sciences at the Erasmus University Medical Center in The Netherlands, and author of Rationalizing Medical Work: A Study of Decision Support Techniques and Medical Practices.

AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: The Politics of Standardization1. Standardization in Medicine in the Twentieth Century: The Emergence of the Paper-Based Patient Record2. Standards at Work: A Dynamic Transformation of Medicine3. From Autonomy to Accountability? Clinical Practice Guidelines and Professionalization4. Guidelines, Professionals, and the Production of Objectivity in Insurance Medicine5. Evidence-Based Medicine and Learning to Doctor6. Standardizing Risk: A Case Study of ThalidomideEpilogue: The Quest for QualityNotesBibliographyIndex

Erscheint lt. Verlag	13.6.2003
Co-Autor	Marc Berg
Verlagsort	Philadelphia PA
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	367 g
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitswesen
ISBN-10	1-59213-188-3 / 1592131883
ISBN-13	978-1-59213-188-4 / 9781592131884
Zustand	Neuware