Do no harm : how a magic bullet for prostate cancer became a medical quandary / Stewart Justman.

Chicago : Ivan R. Dee, 2008.

xii, 236 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-231) and index.

A medical maze: the finasteride question -- The prostate cancer prevention trial -- Sister drugs: finasteride and tamoxifen -- Specific harms and general benefits -- Calculation of harm -- Medical knowledge and medical ignorance -- Prevention gone too far -- Breakthrough: "the present is obsolete" -- "I will abstain from harming any man" -- "Do no harm?" -- The finasteride story: what did not happen.