TY - BOOK AU - Grob,Gerald N. AU - Horwitz,Allan V. TI - Diagnosis, therapy, and evidence: conundrums in modern American medicine T2 - Critical issues in health and medicine SN - 9780813548128 AV - RA418.3.U6 G76 2010eb U1 - 362.1 22 PY - 2010/// CY - New Brunswick, N.J. PB - Rutgers University Press KW - Social medicine KW - United States KW - Diseases and history KW - Diagnosis KW - Therapeutics KW - trends KW - Disease KW - etiology KW - Medicine KW - Maladies et histoire KW - États-Unis KW - Diagnostics KW - diagnosis KW - aat KW - HEALTH & FITNESS KW - Health Care Issues KW - bisacsh KW - MEDICAL KW - Public Health KW - Health Policy KW - Diseases KW - General KW - Health Care Delivery KW - History KW - fast KW - Electronic book KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Rhetoric and reality in modern American medicine -- Medical rivalry and etiological speculation : the case of peptic ulcer -- How theory makes bad practice : the case of tonsillectomy -- How science tries to explain deadly diseases : coronary heart disease and cancer -- Transforming amorphous stress into discrete disorders : the case of anxiety -- Depression : creating consensus from diagnostic confusion -- Post-traumatic stress disorder : the result of abnormal environments or abnormal individuals? -- Where do we go from here?; Electronic reproduction; [Place of publication not identified]; HathiTrust Digital Library; 2011 N2 - In Diagnosis, Therapy, and Evidence, Gerald N. Grob and Allan V. Horwitz employ historical and contemporary data and case studies, combining into one book a variety of medical and psychiatric conditions. They utilize case studies and examine tonsillectomy, cancer, heart disease, PTSD, anxiety, and depression, and identify differences between rhetoric and reality and the weaknesses in diagnosis and treatment UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=311959 ER -