BMJ 2014;348:g1155 doi: 10.1136/bmj.g1155 (Published 29 January 2014)
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Letters
LETTERS EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE IS BROKEN
Exactly how much of evidence based medicine is corrupted? Philip S Badiz text editor and science writing teacher Botucatu, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Assuming that the basic argument is correct—that evidence based medicine is near to the end of a process of being seriously corrupted by the publication of biased reports sponsored or written by the drug industry—where are the safeguards intended to prevent such publication?1 Where are the editors of the “prestigious journal[s]” and their merry band of peer reviewers? Is everyone on the “take” or asleep? Who let the “fake” evidence into the print room or let it seep online in pdf?
I find it hard to believe that honest hard working journal editors and peer reviewers the world over are being consistently
blindsided by malicious article writers to such a degree that evidence based medicine is no longer valid.
Granted this piece by Spence is short, but some definable analysis is essential. So how much of the pond/ocean is actually polluted? Competing interests: None declared. 1
Spence D. Evidence based medicine is broken. BMJ 2014;348:g22. (3 January.)
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Page 1 of 1
Letters
LETTERS EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE IS BROKEN
Exactly how much of evidence based medicine is corrupted? Philip S Badiz text editor and science writing teacher Botucatu, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Assuming that the basic argument is correct—that evidence based medicine is near to the end of a process of being seriously corrupted by the publication of biased reports sponsored or written by the drug industry—where are the safeguards intended to prevent such publication?1 Where are the editors of the “prestigious journal[s]” and their merry band of peer reviewers? Is everyone on the “take” or asleep? Who let the “fake” evidence into the print room or let it seep online in pdf?
I find it hard to believe that honest hard working journal editors and peer reviewers the world over are being consistently
blindsided by malicious article writers to such a degree that evidence based medicine is no longer valid.
Granted this piece by Spence is short, but some definable analysis is essential. So how much of the pond/ocean is actually polluted? Competing interests: None declared. 1
Spence D. Evidence based medicine is broken. BMJ 2014;348:g22. (3 January.)
Cite this as: BMJ 2014;348:g1155 © BMJ Publishing Group Ltd 2014
[email protected] For personal use only: See rights and reprints http://www.bmj.com/permissions
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