Collins, H. M.  1943- <br/><br/>
Dr. Golem :  how to think about medicine / 
Harry Collins & Trevor Pinch. 
 - Chicago :  University of Chicago Press,  c2005. 
 - xii, 246 p. ;  21 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-239) and index. 
<br/><br/>Medicine as science and medicine as succor -- The hole in the heart of medicine: the placebo effect -- Faking it for real: bogus doctors -- Tonsils: diagnosing and dealing with uncertainty -- Alternative medicine: the cases of vitamin C and cancer -- Yuppie flu, fibromyalgia, and other contested diseases -- Defying death: cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) -- The AIDS activists -- Vaccination and parents' rights: measles, mumps, rubella (MMR), and pertussis -- Conclusion: the themes revisited. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0226113663 (cloth : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2005001621 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>101239075  DNLM 013278693  Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Medicine, Popular.<br/>Medicine--Philosophy.<br/>Sociology, Medical.<br/>Consumer Participation.<br/>Delivery of Health Care.<br/>Physician-Patient Relations.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>RC81  / .C695 2005 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>616/.001 
<br/><br/><label>National Library of Medicine Call No.: </label>WA 31  / C712d 2005