tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post6807057067284507301..comments2024-03-18T06:27:51.599-04:00Comments on Not Running a Hospital: A medical journal's abdication of editorial responsibilityPaul Levyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17065446378970179507noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-6218887807881247992013-06-17T09:39:44.929-04:002013-06-17T09:39:44.929-04:00I would welcome a response by the authors. There m...I would welcome a response by the authors. There may have been some specific reason for excluding that case, which we don't know about. If so, the reasoning should be published so that, like all good science, it can be verified by other eyes.<br /><br />You hit such a nerve on this that I just spent two hours composing what was GOING to be a comment, but at THAT size it has to be a post of its own. <br /><br />http://e-patients.net/archives/2013/06/raw-data-now-open-science-sign-ben-goldacres-alltrials-petition.html<br /><br />The whole idea of journal editing is that only journal editors can be trusted to curate information. If that process derails, all of science suffers. That's what Ben Goldacre has been talking and writing about for several years, and it appears it's starting to get some results. <br /><br />IMO every single soul who's responsible for choosing treatments needs to be well schooled on this. <br /><br />e-Patient Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16381434866099596466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-23333328083016998162013-06-17T08:24:29.560-04:002013-06-17T08:24:29.560-04:00From Facebook:
See John Ioannidis' “Why Most ...From Facebook:<br /><br />See John Ioannidis' “Why Most Published Research Findings Are False."Bruce Randolph Tizesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-49865095159083999062013-06-17T08:23:37.797-04:002013-06-17T08:23:37.797-04:00From Facebook:
Study bias in case sampling is so ...From Facebook:<br /><br />Study bias in case sampling is so very common that these types of studies sadly must always be suspect. Only randomized controlled studies avoid this but even then there are many many statistical ways to manipulate the data. Sad reality unfortunately when people and reputations are involved.Patricia L. Halenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-23476438843777855232013-06-17T06:02:10.407-04:002013-06-17T06:02:10.407-04:00Having pectus excavatum myself, this story struck ...Having pectus excavatum myself, this story struck home. It is clear the authors found a way to convince the editorial staff the death was not related to the surgery, a prime example of the opacity and outright cover-ups that go on in our profession. Hopefully, as a result of the efforts of Lewis' family and others, they would not get away with this in today's world. <br /><br />nonlocal MDAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com