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- The first comprehensive book on clinical inertia, a major issue in public health
- A focus on the role of emotions and the use of heuristics in clinical decision
- An epistemological critique of evidence-based medicine?
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
Clinical practice guidelines were initially developed within the context of evidence-based medicine with the goal of putting medical research findings into practice. However, physicians do not always follow them, even when they seem to apply to the particular patient they have to treat. This phenomenon, known as clinical inertia, represents a significant obstacle to the efficiency of care and a major public health problem, the extent of which is demonstrated in this book.
An analysis of its causes shows that it stems from a discrepancy between the objective, essentially statistical nature of evidence-based medicine on the one hand and the physician’s own complex, subjective view (referred to here as “medical reason”) on the other. This book proposes a critique of medical reason that may help to reconcile the principles of evidence-based medicine and individual practice.
The author is a diabetologist and Professor of Endocrinology, Diabetology and Metabolic Diseases at Paris 13 University. He has authored several books, including one to be published by Springer (Philosophy and Medicine series) under the title: The Mental Mechanisms of Patient Adherence to Long Term Therapies, Mind and Care.
, Diabetology and Metabolic Diseases at the Paris 13-University. He has also published Pourquoi Se soigne-t-on, Enquête sur la rationalité morale de l’observance (2007), Clinique de l’Observance, L’Exemple des diabètes (2006), and Une théorie du soin, Souci et amour face à la maladie (2010). An English adaptation of the first book is published by Springer (Philosophy and Medicine)under the title: The Mental Mechanisms of Patient Adherence to Long Term Therapies, Mind and Care.
Reviews
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“The audience is extremely broad, including clinicians, patients, educators, research psychologists, and everyone, including perhaps insurance actuaries, who have an interest in improving patient care outcomes. … This is a well-studied and thought-out book that is outstandingly thought provoking. Every clinician can identify with many of these issues.” (Vincent F. Carr, Doody’s Book Reviews, March, 2015)
Authors and Affiliations
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Avicenne Hospital and Paris 13 University, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Bobigny, France
Gérard Reach
About the author
The author is a diabetologist and Professor of Endocrinology, Diabetology and Metabolic Diseases at the Paris 13-University. He has also published Pourquoi Se soigne-t-on, Enquête sur la rationalité morale de l’observance (2007), Clinique de l’Observance, L’Exemple des diabètes (2006), and Une théorie du soin, Souci et amour face à la maladie (2010). An English adaptation of the first book is published by Springer (Philosophy and Medicine) under the title: The Mental Mechanisms of Patient Adherence to Long Term Therapies, Mind and Care.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Clinical Inertia
Book Subtitle: A Critique of Medical Reason
Authors: Gérard Reach
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-09882-1
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-09881-4Published: 20 November 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-34266-5Published: 23 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-09882-1Published: 03 November 2014
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXII, 142
Number of Illustrations: 15 b/w illustrations
Additional Information: Original French edition published by Springer-Verlag France, Paris, 2013
Topics: Medicine/Public Health, general, Public Health, Philosophy of Medicine, Quality of Life Research