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Know Your Chances : Understanding Health Statistics by Steven Woloshin M.D.M.S., Lisa M. Schwartz M.D.M.S., H. Gilbert Welch M.D. M.P.H. is a book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Know Your Chances : Understanding Health Statistics about?

The Goal Of This Book Is To Help You Better Understand Health Information By Teaching You About The Numbers Behind The Messages--the Medical Statistics On Which The Claims Are Based. The Book Will Also Familiarize You With Risk Charts, Which Are Designed To Help You Put Your Health Concerns In Perspective. By Learning To Understand The Numbers And Knowing What Questions To Ask, You'll Be Able To See Through The Hype And Find The Credible Information--if Any--that Remains. Understanding Risk -- Putting Risk In Perspective -- Risk Charts : A Way To Get Perspective -- Judging The Benefit Of A Health Intervention -- Not All Benefits Are Equal : Understand The Outcome -- Consider The Downsides -- Do The Benefits Outweight The Downsides? -- Beware Of Exaggerated Importance -- Beware Of Exaggerated Certainty -- Who's Behind The Numbers? Steven Woloshin, Lisa M. Schwartz, H. Gilbert Welch. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.

Author

Steven Woloshin M.D.M.S., Lisa M. Schwartz M.D.M.S., H. Gilbert Welch M.D. M.P.H.

Publisher

University of California Press

Published

2009

Language

EN

ISBN

9780520252226

Subjects

Medical, Medicine

Rating

4.5 / 5 (32 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14