I absolutely hate the term "consensus-based medicine." Consensus is neither a scientific nor medical construct, two fields which should be striving to get at the truth and health. Consensus is a political construct which strives to just move things along.
I'm also not a big fan of RCT (randomized control trials) because I know how those s…
I absolutely hate the term "consensus-based medicine." Consensus is neither a scientific nor medical construct, two fields which should be striving to get at the truth and health. Consensus is a political construct which strives to just move things along.
I'm also not a big fan of RCT (randomized control trials) because I know how those study designs and datasets can be rigged.
Similarly, I'm skeptical of Systematic Reviews because if the authors accept poor quality input, it becomes a "garbage in, garbage out" scenario.
In other words. BUYER BEWARE in all cases. Data and truth may be objective, but people and reports often are biased.
I absolutely hate the term "consensus-based medicine." Consensus is neither a scientific nor medical construct, two fields which should be striving to get at the truth and health. Consensus is a political construct which strives to just move things along.
I'm also not a big fan of RCT (randomized control trials) because I know how those study designs and datasets can be rigged.
Similarly, I'm skeptical of Systematic Reviews because if the authors accept poor quality input, it becomes a "garbage in, garbage out" scenario.
In other words. BUYER BEWARE in all cases. Data and truth may be objective, but people and reports often are biased.