5.03.2007

Medicine: evidence based vs. observational

A 2003 report from the British Medical Journal serves as a good commentary on medicine's current obsession with evidence-based knowledge: an attitude that dismisses "traditional", "empirical", and "observational" reports and analyses as somehow inadequate for determining the safety and efficacy of treatments.
The authors make an interesting case. Especially if you're gravitationally challenged.

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