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9780520252226

Know Your Chances

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  • ISBN13:

    9780520252226

  • ISBN10:

    0520252225

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2008-11-01
  • Publisher: INGRAM

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Summary

Every day we are bombarded by television ads, public service announcements, and media reports warning of dire risks to our health and offering solutions to help us lower those risks. But many of these messages are incomplete, misleading, or exaggerated, leaving the average person misinformed and confused.

Table of Contents

What This Book is Aboutp. 1
What Is My Risk?
Understanding Riskp. 11
Putting Risk in Perspectivep. 23
Risk Charts: A Way to Get Perspectivep. 29
Can I Reduce My Risk?
Judging the Benefit of a Health Interventionp. 37
Not All Benefits Are Equal: Understand the Outcomep. 55
Does Risk Reduction Have Downsides?
Consider the Downsidesp. 67
Do the Benefits Outweigh the Downsides?p. 75
Developing a Healthy Skepticism
Beware of Exaggerated Importancep. 87
Beware of Exaggerated Certaintyp. 101
Who's Behind the Numbers?p. 109
Extra Help
Quick Summaryp. 117
Glossaryp. 120
Number Converter and Risk Chartsp. 126
Credible Sources of Health Statisticsp. 130
Notesp. 133
Indexp. 139
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