Snowball in a Blizzard: The Tricky Problem of Uncertainty in Medicine by Steven C. Hatch (Author)

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Snowball in a Blizzard: The Tricky Problem of Uncertainty in Medicine by Steven C. Hatch (Author)ISBN: 9781782399896 Publisher : Atlantic Books, March 2, 2017 Paperback, 320 pages A unique insight into how and why medicine can go wrong: combines Daniel Kahneman with Atul Gawande to explain the science behind our health. According to a wry saying among radiologists, finding a tumour in a mammogram is like finding a snowball in a blizzard. Up to thirty percent of breast cancer diagnoses are given to those who have no cancer at all. Medicine is

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