... percent of all contemporary clinical interventions are supported by objective scientific evidence that they do more good than harm. On the other hand, between 40 and 60 percent of all therapeutic benefits can be attributed to a combination of the... Medicine and Culture - Page xxiiiby Lynn Payer - 1996 - 204 pagesLimited preview - About this book
| United States. Congress. Pepper Commission - 1990 - 824 pages
...medicine is of unambiguous value to patients. Some have estimated that as little as 15 percent to 20 percent of all contemporary clinical interventions...objective scientific evidence that they do more good than harm.97 The validity of the evidence supporting various procedures has also come under question. The... | |
| Alexandra Hough - 2001 - 652 pages
...that the process does not become a luxury to be tagged on at the end if there is time. Only about 15% of all contemporary clinical interventions are supported...scientific evidence that they do more good than harm. White, 1988 DEFINITIONS Benchmark: agreed criterion by which a practice can be judged (Barnard and... | |
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