False Positive: A Year of Error, Omission, and Political Correctness in the New England Journal of Medicine
(Hardback)
Publishing Details
False Positive: A Year of Error, Omission, and Political Correctness in the New England Journal of Medicine
By (Author) Theodore Dalrymple
Encounter Books,USA
Encounter Books,USA
11th July 2019
United States
Classifications
Professional and Scholarly
Non Fiction
610
Physical Properties
Hardback
272
Width 152mm, Height 228mm
Description
The New England Journal of Medicine is one of the most important general medical journals in the world. Doctors rely on the conclusions it publishes, and most do not have the time to look beyond abstracts to examine methodology or question assumptions. Many of its pronouncements are conveyed by the media to a mass audience, which is likely to take
Author Bio
Theodore Dalrymple was born in London in 1949. He retired as a full-time doctor in 2005. He is the author of many books, notably Life at the Bottom (Ivan Dee) and Romancing Opiates (Encounter), which challenges the notion that heroin addiction is a bona fide disease.
