{"product_id":"hippocrates-shadow-9781416551546","title":"Hippocrates' Shadow","description":"\u003cb\u003eAclear-sighted, heartfelt, and humane story of the needless tests and treatments that cripple healthcare....as a guide to good medicine, it may help us get back to the essence of what good doctors do: be with patients in healing. --Samuel Shem, M.D., author of \u003ci\u003eThe House of God \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Spirit of the Place\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eHippocrates' Shadow\u003c\/i\u003e, Dr. David H. Newman upends our understanding of the doctor-patient relationship and offers a new paradigm of honesty and communication. He sees a disregard for the healing power of the bond that originated with Hippocrates, and, ultimately, a disconnect between doctors and their oath todo no harm. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eExposing the patterns of secrecy and habit in modern medicine's carefully protected subculture, Dr. Newman argues that doctors and patients cling to tradition and yield to demands for pills or tests. Citing fascinating studies that show why antibiotics for sore throats are almost always unnecessary; how cough syrup is rarely more effective than a sugar pill; and why CPR is violent, invasive--and almost always futile, this thought-provoking book cuts to the heart of what really works, and what doesn't, in medicine. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Scribner Book Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/15\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781416551546\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 243\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.80d","brand":"David H. Newman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36649857351836,"sku":"9781416551546","price":15.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_265412da-2589-4746-b168-6bc97ac83b66.jpg?v=1603873886","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/hippocrates-shadow-9781416551546","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}