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I hope that this is widely used, and that Private Eye picks up on it as a source of information. Also if any commenters haven't read "Bad Science", and the foll
by nmca 9y ago
I hope that this is widely used, and that Private Eye picks up on it as a source of information. Also if any commenters haven't read "Bad Science", and the follow-up "Bad Pharma" by Ben Goldachre (who inspired the tool) they are well worth a read.
- AndrewOMartin 9y agoBad Science is a very insightful and witty read with as many shocking parts as there are hilarious parts. It's a while since I tried to read it, but Bad Pharma seemed to be much more focused on the fundamental problem and its effect, which I found to be a very hard read, I never finished it. No fault of Goldacre's writing, it's just a horribly horrible and massively massive problem.
- alex_hitchins 9y agoYep - Also found it a hard to read. I recommend the Audio Book read by Ben, much easier to consume the information having it read out. Plus, Ben has a lovely voice which helps.
- ZeroGravitas 9y agoThere's also a book called Bad Medicine: Doctors Doing Harm Since Hippocrates from Oxford University Press. https://global.oup.com/academic/product/bad-medicine-9780199212798 https://global.oup.com/academic/product/bad-medicine-9780199... It's not by the same author, but adds a nice historical perspective. On a long scale, medicine is mostly about harming your patient with treatements that are worse than nothing.