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Title Page
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Contents
INTRODUCTION
PART I MEDICAL REVERSAL :: Examples, Frequency, and Consequences
1 WHAT IS MEDICAL REVERSAL?
2 SUBJECTIVE OUTCOMES :: Why Feeling Better Is Often Misleading
3 SURROGATE OUTCOMES
4 SCREENING TESTS
5 SYSTEMS FAILURE
6 FINDING FLAWED THERAPIES ON OUR OWN
7 THE FREQUENCY OF MEDICAL REVERSAL
8 THE HARMS OF MEDICAL REVERSAL :: Today’s Patients, Tomorrow’s Patients, and the Health-Care Field
PART II AN INTERLUDE ON EVIDENCE
9 A PRIMER ON EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE :: What Is Evidence in Medicine?
10 WHAT REALLY MADE YOU BETTER :: When Evidence Gets Complicated
PART III THE ORIGINS OF REVERSAL
11 SCIENTIFIC PROGRESS, REVOLUTION, AND MEDICAL REVERSAL
12 SOURCES OF FLAWED DATA
13 WHY ARE WE SO ATTRACTED TO FLAWED THERAPIES?
PART IV BEYOND REVERSAL
14 MEDICAL EDUCATION :: A Very Good Place to Start
15 ACADEMIC MEDICINE
16 REFORMING THE SYSTEM :: The Burden of Proof and Nudging Our Way Past Reversal
17 HOW NOT TO BECOME A VICTIM OF REVERSAL
18 BEYOND DOGMA :: When Randomized Trials Are Unnecessary
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
APPENDIX
REFERENCES
INDEX
Footnotes
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