{"product_id":"the-cochrane-collaboration-medicines-best-kept-secret-9781927755303","title":"The Cochrane Collaboration: Medicine's Best-Kept Secret","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Alan Cassels | Chalmers Iain | Gordaneer Jeremy\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Agio Publishing House\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Agio Publishing House\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Public Health\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"The Cochrane Collaboration... rivals the Human Genome Project in its potential implications for modern medicine.\"\u003c\/b\u003e - C. David Naylor, \u003ci\u003eThe Lancet\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"How can we have a rational health service if we don't know which of the things being done in it are useful and which are useless or possibly even harmful?\"\u003c\/b\u003e - Archie Cochrane, in \u003ci\u003eEffectiveness and Efficiency\u003c\/i\u003e, 1972\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat's hocus-pocus and what really works?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In the complex, ever-evolving realm of modern medicine, how can you even begin to understand what's hocus-pocus and what really works? Best-selling author and researcher Alan Cassels answers with a single word: \u003ci\u003eCochrane.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThough largely unknown to the public, the Cochrane Collaboration is made up of more than 30,000 medical researchers and consumer representatives from more than 100 countries - unbiased experts and investigators who parse the science of modern health care and delve deep into the evidence (or lack thereof) to determine what works and what doesn't.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn this frank, factual and entertaining volume, Cassels draws from more than 160 interviews to shed light on this international cadre of medical truth-seekers whose rigorous work helps prevent medical misjudgement, reduce unnecessary suffering, preserve lives and circumvent the squandering of billions of dollars.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eABOUT THE AUTHOR - ALAN CASSELS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Alan Cassels is a University of Victoria health policy researcher and a trusted media commentator on medical policy issues. He is the co-author of the internationally bestselling book \"Selling Sickness\", and a frequent contributor to magazines, newspapers and radio programs.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Agio Publishing House","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47574504210583,"sku":"9781927755303","price":2089.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781927755303.webp?v=1774895634","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-cochrane-collaboration-medicines-best-kept-secret-9781927755303","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}