Author: George Soros
Publisher: PublicAffairs
Keywords: terror, war, consequences, fallibility
Number of Pages: 288
Published: 2007-06-26
List price: $14.95
ISBN-10: 158648494X
ISBN-13: 9781586484941

Tyranny, violence, ignorance, and arrogance: The celebrated financier and bestselling author takes on the policies of post-9/11 America with impassioned eloquence. George Soros made billions anticipating seismic changes in the financial markets and has used that money to try and change the world. In The Age of Fallibility he brings that commitment to the subject that has preoccupied him since 2001: the degenerate state of America. He delivers his most forceful and penetrating description of the fatal flaws not merely of the Bush administration, but of the wider American view of the world. Wi

Author: Thomas Gilovich
Publisher: Free Press
Keywords: everyday, life, reason, human, fallibility, isn
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 1993-03-05
List price: $18.95
ISBN-10: 0029117062
ISBN-13: 9780029117064

Gilovich illustrates his points with vivid examples and supports them with the latest research findings in a wise and readable guide to the fallacy of the obvious in everyday life.

Author: Kenneth W. Goodman
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Keywords: responsibility, clinical, science, fallibility, medicine, evidence, based, ethics
Number of Pages: 184
Published: 2002-12-23
List price: $62.00
ISBN-10: 0521796539
ISBN-13: 9780521796538

The growth of evidence-based medicine has occurred against a backdrop of health care reform, managed care, cost containment, and quality improvement. Clinicians have been urged to adopt the rigors of science while remaining true to their ’clinical judgment’. This incisive book reviews the history and conceptual origins of evidence-based practice and discusses key ethical issues that arise in clinical practice, public health, and health policy. It is essential reading for all physicians, and practitioners in epidemiology and public health.The growth of evidence-based medicine has oc