Medical Knowledge

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Action in the face of uncertainty

e-Patient Dave | November 2, 2011

Science seeks certainty. The problem in medicine is, the body is complex and our knowledge is incomplete. People who want certainty – physicians or patients – are kidding themselves. And if we expect docs to be perfect, it’s a setup for dysfunction. Sometimes I hear of patients who believe their physicians dissed a proposed or experimental [...]

Participatory Medicine and Patient Research: It’s Gonna be a New World, indeed!

Charlie Smith | September 17, 2009

Matthew Herper’s post about thalidomide treatment of Myeloma is a good example of how patients will contribute to medical knowledge in the future, and may form a cautionary tale for patients who get involved to this degree in formulating new treatment approaches.