Random acts of medicine the hidden forces that sway doctors, impact patients, and shape our health
"Why do kids born in the summer get diagnosed more often with A.D.H.D.? How are marathons harmful for your health, even when you're not running? What do surgeons and salesmen have in common? Which annual event made people 30 percent more likely to contract COVID-19? As a University of Chic...
| Main Authors: | Jena, Anupam B. (Author), Worsham, Christopher (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Doubleday,
[2023]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Our lives are woven in a fabric of chance
- Natural experiments
- Why are kids with summer birthdays more likely to get the flu?
- Tom Brady, ADHD, and a really bad headache
- Are marathons hazardous to your health?
- What happens when all the cardiologists leave town?
- Big doctor is watching
- What do cardiac surgeons and used car salesman have in common?
- What makes a good doctor?
- Politics at the bedside.