Know Your Chances
This book has been shown in two randomized trials to improve peoples' understanding of risk in the context of health care choices.
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| 0 CommentsFish oil in the Observer: the return of a $2bn friend
Ben Goldacre draws attention to people’s wish to believe that a pill can be the solution to a complicated problem.
| 0 CommentsWhy treatment uncertainties should be addressed
Ignoring uncertainties about the effects of treatments has led to avoidable suffering and deaths.
| 0 CommentsCan measurements show if a treatment works?
An article discussing errors to avoid when testing treatments.
| 0 CommentsAll it takes is to find the gene
‘It’s . . . hoped that the genetic revolution will cure every problem known to man. We will be able […]
| 0 CommentsThe beneficial effects of optimism and wishful thinking
The psychological reasons for people attributing any improvement in their condition to the treatment they received are now better understood. […]
| 2 CommentsNo wonder she was confused
In January 2004, a hysterectomy patient wrote this letter to The Lancet: ‘In 1986 I had a hysterectomy because of […]
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