Unhealthy Politics

The Battle over Evidence-Based Medicine

Eric M. Patashnik, Alan S. Gerber, Conor M. Dowling , Eric M. Patashnik

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Princeton University Press
15 September 2020

Public health & safety law; Medical & healthcare law; Medical ethics & professional conduct; Clinical trials; Public health & preventive medicine

How partisanship, polarization, and medical authority stand in the way of evidence-based medicine

The U.S. medical system is touted as the most advanced in the world, yet many common treatments are not based on sound science. Unhealthy Politics sheds new light on why the government's response to this troubling situation has been so inadequate, a

By: Eric M. Patashnik, Alan S. Gerber, Conor M. Dowling
Preface by: Eric M. Patashnik, Alan S. Gerber
Imprint: Princeton University Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9780691203225
ISBN 10: 0691203229
Pages: 280
Publication Date: 15 September 2020
Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , ELT Advanced , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Eric M. Patashnik is the Julis-Rabinowitz Professor of Public Policy and Political Science at Brown University. Alan S. Gerber is the Charles C. and Dorathea S. Dilley Professor of Political Science at Yale University. Conor M. Dowling is associate professor of political science at the University of Mississippi.

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Winner of the 2018 Don K. Price Award, Science, Technology & Environmental Politics Section of the American Political Science Association Winner of the 2018 Louis Brownlow Book Award, National Academy of Public Administration