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Despite medicine's achievements, medical errors and the difficulty of reproducing research prove medicine is far from perfect. This book provides a critical and historical analysis of medical reasoning that recognizes the constant need for certainty despite the enormous variety of disease, illness, symptoms, and behavior in patients. According to Erwin Montgomery, Jr., medicine depends on logic, balancing utility with certainty, and anticipating errors injudgment.

Produktbeschreibung
Despite medicine's achievements, medical errors and the difficulty of reproducing research prove medicine is far from perfect. This book provides a critical and historical analysis of medical reasoning that recognizes the constant need for certainty despite the enormous variety of disease, illness, symptoms, and behavior in patients. According to Erwin Montgomery, Jr., medicine depends on logic, balancing utility with certainty, and anticipating errors injudgment.
Autorenporträt
Erwin B. Montgomery, Jr., MD, has over 40 years' experience as an academic neurologist and neurophysiologist, he has held professor appointments in many neurology and neuroscience departments. Montgomery's clinical interests include deep brain stimulation and movement disorders, particularly Parkinson's disease; his research interests include the neurophysiology and pathophysiology of the basal ganglia-thalamic-cortical system.