Death foretold : prophecy and prognosis in medical care / Nicholas A. Christakis.

  • Christakis, Nicholas A.
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[1999], ©1999
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Publication/Creation

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [1999], ©1999.

Physical description

xxii, 328 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

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Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-307) and index.

Contents

Prognosis in medicine -- Making use of prognosis -- Error and accountability in prognostication -- Professional norms regarding prognostication -- Telling patients their prognosis -- The self-fulfilling prophecy -- The ritualization of optimism and pessimism -- A duty to prognosticate.

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    Medical Collection
    WB142 1999C55d
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ISBN

  • 0226104702
  • 9780226104706
  • 0226104710
  • 9780226104713