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> Anyone who actually has a motive (like a company trying to make money) should be kept far away from the regulators that oversee the study > Isn't the point o
by thebean11 6y ago
> Anyone who actually has a motive (like a company trying to make money) should be kept far away from the regulators that oversee the study
> Isn't the point of a clinical intervention to save lives?
Why do you think saving lives can't be the motive? If you do a study, and conclude based on that study that a treatment works, you're supposed to remain "neutral"?
Let me put it this way, I wouldn't want to receive treatment from a healthcare provider who is "neutral" about the surgery they are about to give me, I want them to have a positive informed opinion based on experience, studies, etc.
- landryraccoon 6y agoYour doctor should not be acting as a researcher with you as a laboratory. They are taking a biased position in favor of you as a patient and should provide the best possible standard of care. A scientific researcher is trying to answer an unanswered question dispassionately. I don’t see how taking a bias in testing a scientific hypothesis can possibly determine the truth of a scientific fact. Are researchers who say that applying leeches won’t cure cancer bad for cancer patients? Why shouldn’t they be hopeful that leeches cure terminal cancer, rather than being downers? The answer is that cancer is the enemy, not people who oppose medical treatments that don’t work.