It’s great! oops, no it isn’t: why clinical research can’t guarantee the right medical answers

This book dissects medical research methodology and through a penetrating inquiry into its triumphs and tragedies explains why correct answers are so hard to achieve. What emerges from this inquiry is the unexpected and stunning conclusion that medical researchers can never be sure that they’ve ended up with atruthful answer. In It’s Great! readers learn why the quest for knowledge through clinical trials is fraught with problems that even the best researchers cannot overcome. A fascinating gallery of cases illustrates the perils investigators face. Particular emphasis is given to the clinical trial, the so-called gold standard for medical research, and its seven fatal flaws show succinctly why getting the right research answer is so problematic. In example after example, the author challenges the notion that medical research is too complex forthe average citizen to comprehend. Understanding the imperfect world of clinical research allows the reader to step up and begin to ask his or her own questions. Explains why the path drugs must travel as they make their way through the development phase and onto the market is flawed Describes the pitfalls that occur when publishing and communicating medical research results Offers waysto improve the current systems of approving and monitoring drugs Provides theinformation patients, physicians and healthcare professionals need

• ISBN: 978-1-4020-8906-0
• Editorial: Springer
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 298
• Fecha Publicación: 01/02/2009
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés