Bill, referring to your last message on the previous thread, would you say a bit about what you mean by "evidenced-based medicine," and how it relates to the average patient?
"Evidence-based medicine" essentially means that you believe the results of well-controlled clinical trials. Of course, there hasn't been a clinical trial covering every condition and situation, so this isn't the total be-all and end-all of medical decision-making. But some doctors, and even more some patients, tend to believe advertising and word-of-mouth more than they believe actual evidence about what works and what doesn't. That's not the way I want my health care managed.
Bill, thanks for the explanation. I just assumed everyone care about studies and so on. Of course, I think that since studies are imperfect and sometimes contradictory, this needs to be paired with the wisdom of observant people as to what actually works day to day.
Oh, that's a charming song, Cat. I suppose some sort of Anglo-Saxon cultural hangup about what sorts of creatures are suitable for food was what doomed the original Hippopotamus project. How might history have been different if water horses had continued to populate Europe and Britain?
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ReplyDeleteBill, referring to your last message on the previous thread, would you say a bit about what you mean by "evidenced-based medicine," and how it relates to the average patient?
ReplyDelete"Evidence-based medicine" essentially means that you believe the results of well-controlled clinical trials. Of course, there hasn't been a clinical trial covering every condition and situation, so this isn't the total be-all and end-all of medical decision-making. But some doctors, and even more some patients, tend to believe advertising and word-of-mouth more than they believe actual evidence about what works and what doesn't. That's not the way I want my health care managed.
DeleteBill, thanks for the explanation. I just assumed everyone care about studies and so on. Of course, I think that since studies are imperfect and sometimes contradictory, this needs to be paired with the wisdom of observant people as to what actually works day to day.
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DeleteOh, Alan! How could you? Why, don't you know The Hippopotamus Song? How could anybody consider eating hippopotamuses after hearing that?
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Oh, that's a charming song, Cat. I suppose some sort of Anglo-Saxon cultural hangup about what sorts of creatures are suitable for food was what doomed the original Hippopotamus project. How might history have been different if water horses had continued to populate Europe and Britain?
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