Denying to the grave : why we ignore the facts that will save us / Sara E. Gorman, PhD, MPH, Jack M. Gorman, MD.
Material type: TextPublisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2017]Description: x, 312 pages ; 25 cmISBN:- 9780199396603
- 0199396604
- Social medicine
- Science -- Methodology
- Skepticism
- Belief and doubt (Psychology)
- Denial (Psychology)
- Social medicine
- Belief and doubt
- Science -- Methodology
- MEDICAL -- Public Health
- PSYCHOLOGY -- Clinical Psychology
- PSYCHOLOGY -- Cognitive Psychology & Cognition
- Belief and doubt
- Denial (Psychology)
- Science -- Methodology
- Skepticism
- Social medicine
- Social Medicine
- 362.1 23
- RA418 .G64 2017
- WA 31
- WA31
Item type | Current library | Home library | Shelving location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Book | La Retama Central Library | La Retama Central Library | Nonfiction | 362.1 GOR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 43185001994324 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Conspiracy theories -- Charismatic leaders -- Confirmation bias -- Causality and filling the ignorance gap -- Avoidance of complexity -- Risk perception and probability -- Conclusion.
Why do some parents refuse to vaccinate their children? Why do some keep guns at home, despite scientific evidence of risk to their family members? And why do people use antibiotics for illnesses they can't possibly alleviate? When it comes to health, many people insist that science is wrong, that the evidence is incomplete or inconclusive, and that unidentified hazards lurk everywhere to harm us.
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