Unhealthy Politics: The Battle over Evidence-Based Medicine
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Unhealthy Politics: The Battle over Evidence-Based Medicine
By (Author) Eric M. Patashnik
By (author) Alan S. Gerber
By (author) Conor M. Dowling
Preface by Eric M. Patashnik
Preface by Alan S. Gerber
Preface by Conor M. Dowling
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
15th September 2020
United States
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Medical and healthcare law
Clinical trials
Medical ethics and professional conduct
Public health and preventive medicine
Political science and theory
362.10973
Physical Properties
Paperback
284
Width 156mm, Height 235mm
Description
How partisanship, polarization, and medical authority stand in the way of evidence-based medicine The U.S. medical system is touted as the most advanced in the world, yet many common treatments are not based on sound science. Unhealthy Politics sheds new light on why the government's response to this troubling situation has been so inadequate, a
Reviews
"Winner of the 2018 Don K. Price Award, Science, Technology & Environmental Politics Section of the American Political Science Association"
"Winner of the 2018 Louis Brownlow Book Award, National Academy of Public Administration"
Author Bio
Eric M. Patashnik is the Julis-Rabinowitz Professor of Public Policy and Political Science at Brown University. Alan S. Gerber is the Charles C. and Dorathea S. Dilley Professor of Political Science at Yale University. Conor M. Dowling is associate professor of political science at the University of Mississippi.
