Snowball in a Blizzard: A Physician's Notes on Uncertainty in Medicine
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There's a running joke among radiologists: finding a tumor in a mammogram is akin to finding a snowball in a blizzard. A bit of medical gallows humor, this simile illustrates the difficulties of finding signals (the snowball) against a background of noise (the blizzard). Doctors are faced with similar difficulties every day when sifting through piles of data from blood tests to X-rays to endless lists of patient symptoms. Diagnoses are often just...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0465050646
ISBN13:9780465050642
Release Date:February 2016
Publisher:Basic Books
Length:312 Pages
Weight:0.05 lbs.
Dimensions:1.2" x 6.1" x 9.3"
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