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The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery 80:1407-9 (1998)
© 1998 The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc.

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Editorial - Conversations with a Cab Driver

Leela Rangaswamy, M.D.

"Hasty publications in prominent medical journals appear to provide the data used by doctors to recommend treatment." These words were voiced by the cab driver transporting me to The Journal offices. The cab driver remarked that he had driven me in the past and remembered that I was a doctor. He informed me that he was wary of doctors because the treatment that they prescribed was usually based on inadequate and incomplete data. The driver proceeded to cite specific examples of publications that, one year, would tout a particular association as a causal relationship and then, in a subsequent year, would publish another study, often by the same authors, that completely refuted the original conclusions. The driver went on to observe that, in the haste to get information into print and the compulsion to provide the sound bite of the day, authors and journals often disregard scientific methodology and long-term . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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