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With many common health conditions-diabetes, arthritis, depression-there is no one right route to effective treatment, and science does not give us one definitive answer. In practical chapters and through real stories, Dr. Zachary Berger shows how to bridge the gap between scientific knowledge, doctors' recommendations, and patient preferences.
List of contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1: Chronic Pain
2: Common Conditions: The Gap Between Knowledge and Preference
3: Poverty
4: Depression
5: High Blood Pressure: Where is the Limit?
6: Diabetes - Sailing the Uncertain A1C
7: Arthritis: Bred in the Bone
8: Surgery
9: How Good Are Guidelines?
10: Is Half of All Research Wrong?
11: Avoiding False Certainty
12: Revisiting the Biomedical Paradigm
Bibliography
About the author
Zackary Berger, M.D., Ph.D., is a primary care doctor, internist, epidemiologist, and bioethicist. He is an Assistant Professor at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, where he maintains an active practice in adult medicine and teaches with residents and medical students. His research on doctor-patient communication, bioethics, and clinical epidemiology has been published in the Annals of Internal Medicine and the Journal of General Internal Medicine, as well as in numerous venues for the general public. He is also the author of Talking to Your Doctor: A Patient's Guide to Communication in the Exam Room and Beyond (Rowman & Littlefield, 2013).
Summary
With many common health conditions—diabetes, arthritis, depression—there is no one right route to effective treatment, and science does not give us one definitive answer. In practical chapters and through real stories, Dr. Zachary Berger shows how to bridge the gap between scientific knowledge, doctors’ recommendations, and patient preferences.
