Title
Death Foretold: Prophecy And Prognosis In Medical Care
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This Groundbreaking Book Explains Prognosis From The Perspective Of Doctors, Examining Why Physicians Are Reluctant To Predict The Future, How Doctors Use Prognosis, The Symbolism It Contains, And The Emotional Difficulties It Involves. Drawing On His Experiences As A Doctor And Sociologist, Nicholas Christakis Interviewed Scores Of Physicians And Searched Dozens Of Medical Textbooks And Medical School Curricula For Discussions Of Prognosis In An Attempt To Get To The Core Of This Nebulous Medical Issue That, Despite Its Importance, Is Only Partially Understood And Rarely Discussed.Highly Recommended For Everyone From Patients Wrestling With Their Personal Prognosis To Any Medical Practitioner Touched By This Bioethical Dilemma.Library Journal, Starred Review[T]He First Full General Discussion Of Prognosis Ever Written. . . . [A] Manifesto For A Form Of Prognosis That'S Equal Parts Predictionan Assessment Of Likely Outcomes Based On Statistical Averagesand Prophecy, An Intuition Of What Lies Ahead.Jeff Sharlet, Chicago Reader[S]Ophisticated, Extraordinarily Well Supported, And Compelling. . . . [Christakis] Argues Forcefully That The Profession Must Take Responsibility For The Current Widespread Avoidance Of Prognosis And Change The Present Culture. This Prophet Is One Whose Advice We Would Do Well To Heed.James Tulsky, M.D., New England Journal Of Medicine
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