7 February 2007

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from [livejournal.com profile] fdmts:

Parachute use to prevent death and major trauma related to gravitational challenge: systematic review of randomised controlled trials

A couple of choice quotes:

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a medical intervention justified by observational data must be in want of verification through a randomised controlled trial.

...

It is often said that doctors are interfering monsters obsessed with disease and power, who will not be satisfied until they control every aspect of our lives (Journal of Social Science, pick a volume).


The responses (scroll to the bottom and click through) are also worth reading, although some of them are rather pedantic.

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