Neuware - This book reflects upon and reviews current medical practice in the field of cardiovascular disease. Yet despite highly effective treatment diagnosis, medication, health maintenance cardiovascular disease remains the major killer in developed countries. The explanation is perhaps that it is a silent disease and its detection is often so invasive that the authors are led to ask the question, What's preferable: to be ill and not know it or anxiety-rieden and in good health Before the invention of the blood-pressure metre, cardiovascular diseases remained undetected and no one complained of them. The treatment of cardiovascular diseases is a victory for a certain form of mechanised medicine that relies totally on instruments; it is thus accurate but dehumanised. The information provided here offers doctors and patients the necessary information to reflect on this dilemma.Professor of Medicine Pierre Corvol teaches experimental medicine at the Coll�ge de France and is a member of the Acad�mie des Sciences. Nicolas Postel-Vinay is a cardiologist and the president of Imothep.

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Title: Return of Dr Knock : An Essay on Cardiovascular Risk / Le Retour du Dr Knock: Essai sur le risque cardiovasculaire
Publisher: ODILE JACOB Jan 2000
Publication Date: 2000
Language: French
ISBN 10: 2738107591
ISBN 13: 9782738107596
Binding: Taschenbuch
Condition: Neu
Dimensions: 235 millimeters width by 153 millimeters height by 17 millimeters depth
Weight: 445 grams

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This book reflects upon and reviews current medical practice in the field of cardiovascular disease. Yet despite highly effective treatment ? diagnosis, medication, health maintenance ? cardiovascular disease remains the major killer in developed countries. The explanation is perhaps that it is a ?silent? disease and its detection is often so invasive that the authors are led to ask the question, ?What's preferable: to be ill and not know it or anxiety-rieden and in good health Before the invention of the blood-pressure metre, cardiovascular diseases remained undetected ? and no one complained of them. The treatment of cardiovascular diseases is a victory for a certain form of mechanised medicine that relies totally on instruments; it is thus accurate but dehumanised. The information provided here offers doctors and patients the necessary information to reflect on this dilemma.Professor of Medicine Pierre Corvol teaches experimental medicine at the Coll�ge de France and is a member of the Acad�mie des Sciences. Nicolas Postel-Vinay is a cardiologist and the president of Imothep.

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