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哈里·柯林斯,英国卡迪夫大学杰出的社会学研究教授,知识、专业技能和科学研究中心主任,芝加哥大学出版社出版的《引力的影子:寻找引力波》一书的作者。
特雷弗·平奇,美国康奈尔大学社会学教授,科学和技术研究系主任。
A creature of Jewish mythology, a golem is an animated being made by man from clay and water who knows neither his own strength nor the extent of his ignorance. Like science and technology, the subjects of Harry Collins and Trevor Pinch's previous volumes, medicine is also a golem, and this "Dr. Golem" should not be blamed for its mistakes - they are, after all, our mistakes. The problem lies in its well-meaning clumsiness. "Dr. Golem" explores some of the mysteries and complexities of medicine while untangling the inherent conundrums of scientific research and highlighting its vagaries. Driven by the question of what to do in the face of the fallibility of medicine, "Dr. Golem" encourages a more inquisitive attitude toward the explanations and accounts offered by medical science. In eight chapters devoted to case studies of modern medicine, Collins and Pinch consider the prevalence of tonsillectomies, the placebo effect and randomized control trials, bogus doctors, CPR, the efficacy of Vitamin C in fighting cancer, chronic fatigue syndrome, AIDS cures, and vaccination. They also examine the tension between the conflicting faces of medicine: medicine as science versus medicine as a source of succor; the interests of an individual versus the interests of a group; and the benefits in the short term versus success rates in the long term. Throughout, Collins and Pinch remind readers that medical science is an economic as well as a social consideration, encapsulated for the authors in the timeless struggle to balance the good health of the many - with vaccinations, for instance - with the good health of a few - those who have adverse reactions to the vaccine. In an age when the deaths of research subjects, the early termination of clinical trials, and the research guidelines for stem cells are front-page news, "Dr. Golem" is a timely analysis of the limitations of medicine that never loses sight of its strengths.
不太厚的一本书。全书分八章,每一章都会讲一个让人有些吃惊的故事。其中有自学成为专家的艾滋病患者激进主义团体;有流行全国的疑心病“疫情”;也有今天互联网上争论颇多的替代医学问题。我个人觉得,这本书讲的故事给了我许多启示,单拿出一章都是一篇好看的科普。我推荐各...
评分不太厚的一本书。全书分八章,每一章都会讲一个让人有些吃惊的故事。其中有自学成为专家的艾滋病患者激进主义团体;有流行全国的疑心病“疫情”;也有今天互联网上争论颇多的替代医学问题。我个人觉得,这本书讲的故事给了我许多启示,单拿出一章都是一篇好看的科普。我推荐各...
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