RCTs: the great deception
Gold-standard or fools-gold?Sigh no more, friends, sigh no more, RCTs were deceivers ever,One foot in SEs and one unsure, to science constant never*The deceptive dogma of RCTs as the gold…
Gold-standard or fools-gold?Sigh no more, friends, sigh no more, RCTs were deceivers ever,One foot in SEs and one unsure, to science constant never*The deceptive dogma of RCTs as the gold…
I respectfully dedicate this commentary to the memory of Barney Carroll. Those close to him, and those who knew him ‘vicariously’ via the internet, have good reason to look on…
AbstractThis critique is about the problems and adverse treatment consequences associated with medical treatment guidelines. It explicates the many ways in which they can be, and are, misused, misleading, invalid,…
AbstractThis is a critical appraisal of the Cipriani et al. study in the Lancet, of ‘21 anti-depressants’. The likelihood is that this study will be applied inappropriately in clinical practice,…