Random Acts of Medicine

The Hidden Forces That Sway Doctors, Impact Patients, and Shape Our Health

by Anupam B. Jena M.D. PhD, Christopher Worsham M.D.

Hardcover

English language

Published July 11, 2023 by Double Day.

ISBN:: 978-0-385-54881-6

(1 review)

Does timing, circumstance, or luck impact your health care? This groundbreaking book reveals the hidden side of medicine and how unexpected—but predictable—events can profoundly affect our health. • Is there ever a good time to have a heart attack? Why do kids born in the summer get diagnosed more often with A.D.H.D.? How are marathons harmful for your health, even when you're not running?

1 edition

Finserra reviewed Random Acts of Medicine by Anupam B. Jena M.D. PhD

Thought-Provoking, Playful, and Powerfully Informative

5 stars

If you enjoyed Freakonomics and kindred, you will relish this book. The orientation is towards teasing out conclusions and likelihoods about medical issues, treatments, and personalities from readily available but often overlooked data sets. It's written in a lively and reader-friendly way. Top notch.

Subjects

Medicine
Statistics

Lists

Big Data and the Unexpected