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"From heart surgery
to prostate care, the health industry knows little about which
common treatments really work ...most of these physicians
say the portion of medicine that has been proven effective
is still outrageously low -- in the range of 20% to 25%." |
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"Even when
good clinical trial data on a regimen or medicine exist, no
coherent system ensures that the message gets out to doctors
and patients. As a result, many treatment choices are driven
by habit, old information or glitzy promotional campaigns." |
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"...Evidence
doesn't make decisions. Evidence gives you some information
about the possibilities of what will happen. The people who
make decisions about care are the patient and the practitioner." |
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-- source:
BusinessWeek Cover Story
"Medical Guesswork", May 29, 2006 |
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-- Dr. Jerry
Avorn, Professor
Harvard Medical School, New York Times
Op-Ed, Sep 16, 2006 |
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-- Brian Haynes,
Evidence-based Medicine Journal |
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