Doing more harm than good?
We’re coming to the conclusion that such “briefs” may do more harm than good. Almost by default they oversimplify medical research stories. They generally fail to adequately explain how big is the potential benefit of the idea being discussed, or how big is the potential harm. They fail to scrutinize costs, conflicts of interest, or the quality of the evidence.
Related posts:
- Quality measures . . that can kill
- Encouraging news on the medical home
- Everybody loses when physician conferences restrict medical news reporting
- Are network morning news shows an emerging public health threat?
- Good news for hospitalists
- Grading medical students, pass-fail or letter grades?
- Paul Levy Takes on the US News & World Report
KevinMD.com on Facebook
Comments on this entry are closed.