
Show 1299: Is Evidence-Based Medicine an Illusion?
The People's Pharmacy
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Do You Know How Effective Your Medicine Really Is?
Doctor leman mc henry and doctor john gerardini wrote the illusion of evidence base medicine, exposing the crisis of credibility in clinical research. By consulting for a los angeles law firm, he was able to see secret documents of drug companies that influenced his research into clinical trials. Drug makers invest a lot in opinion leaders. Do academic scientists rely too much on the pharmaceutical industry for funding their research? Is there still a place for observation and experience along with randomized clinical triumphs?
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