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Ben Goldacre – Bad Pharma

Ben Goldacre – Bad Pharma. RCGP conference 2013 Sophie Harris. Evidence-based medicine is the foundation of modern practice It allows me (well, actually, people who are much cleverer than me) to assess the strength of evidence of risks and benefits of drug treatment for patients

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Ben Goldacre – Bad Pharma

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  1. Ben Goldacre – Bad Pharma RCGP conference 2013 Sophie Harris

  2. Evidence-based medicine is the foundation of modern practice It allows me (well, actually, people who are much cleverer than me) to assess the strength of evidence of risks and benefits of drug treatment for patients Think evidence based medicine allows us to make unbiased decisions and give good advice to patients? Think again...

  3. Video clip • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKmxL8VYy0M • http://www.gponline.com/channel/rcgp/ (short version of presentation from conference)

  4. Discussion How does this make you feel as a medical practitioner? Does it matter? What effect does it have on our health service? What effect does it have on our patients? Can we trust any data on drugs we are given? Will this change your practice? Any further points?

  5. What can I do? • If you feel this is an issue that needs to be addressed, go to: • http://www.alltrials.net/ • Tell other people all about it • If you are interested in these issues and would like more information, read: Bad Pharma – How Medicine Is Broken and How We Can Fix It by Ben Goldacre

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