What is dangerous about Evidence Based Medicine

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" To establish a more organized structure, medical students and residents are

being taught to follow preset algorithms and practice guidelines in the form

of decision trees. This method is also being touted by certain

administrators to senior staff in many hospitals in the United States and

Europe.

Insurance companies have found it particularly attractive in deciding whether

to

approve the use of certain diagnostic tests or treatments. " [note: under state

established EBM guidelines, doctors MUST follow this method]

" Anne was also evaluated by numerous specialists: endocrinologists,

orthopedists, hematologists, infectious disease doctors, and, of course,

psychologists and psychiatrists. She had been treated with four different

antidepressants

and had undergone weekly talk therapy "

" But that is exactly what Falchuk did not do. Instead, he began to question,

and listen, and observe, and then to think differently about Anne's case.

And by doing so, he saved her life, because for fifteen years a key aspect of

her illness had been missed. "

_http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=8892053_

(http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=8892053)

Sharon

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