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پدید آورنده
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RC263 .W43 2004eb
RC263
.
W43
2004eb
کتابخانه
محل استقرار
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
(Number (ISBN
0520239768
(Number (ISBN
0520939905
(Number (ISBN
1597348961
(Number (ISBN
9780520239760
(Number (ISBN
9780520939905
(Number (ISBN
9781597348966
Erroneous ISBN
0520239768
NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY NUMBER
Number
b704044
TITLE AND STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY
Title Proper
Should I be tested for cancer? :
General Material Designation
[Book]
Other Title Information
maybe not and here's why /
First Statement of Responsibility
H. Gilbert Welch.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Berkeley :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
University of California Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
©2004.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
1 online resource (x, 224 pages) :
Other Physical Details
illustrations
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-218) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
pt. I. Problems you should know about. -- It is unlikely that you will benefit -- You may have a "cancer scare" and face an endless cycle of testing -- You may receive unnecessary treatment -- You may find a cancer you would rather not know about -- Your pathologist may say it's cancer, while others say it's not -- Your doctor may get distracted from other issues that are more important to you -- pt. II. Becoming a better-educated consumer -- Understand the culture of medicine (and why we are pushed to test) -- Understand the statistics of cancer (and why five-year survival is the world's most misleading number -- Understand the limits to research; even genetic research (and why it is hard to be sure there really are benefits to screening -- Develop a strategy that works for you.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
Combining patient stories and data on common cancers, the author makes the case that testing healthy people for cancer is really a double-edged sword: tests may help, but some have little effect and are sometimes even harmful.
OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
Title
Should I be tested for cancer?.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Cancer-- Diagnosis, Popular works.
Cancer, Popular works.
Medical screening, Popular works.
Neoplasms.
Cancer-- Diagnosis.
Cancer.
Medical screening.
DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION
Number
616
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99/4075
Edition
21
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION
Class number
RC263
Book number
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W43
2004eb
OTHER CLASS NUMBERS
Class number
44
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81
System Code
bcl
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
Welch, H. Gilbert.
ORIGINATING SOURCE
Date of Transaction
20201207193108.0
Cataloguing Rules (Descriptive Conventions))
pn
ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Electronic name
مطالعه متن کتاب [Book]
Y
