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A biostatistician with medical training, Hélène Sancho-Garnier helped drive the shift towards evidence-based clinical practice in the ’60s and ’70s. Stepping nimbly over traditional boundaries, she went on to apply this approach to cancer registries, [more]
Results of a randomised controlled trial show that question prompt lists may benefit communication. However, there are still areas to investigate before prompt lists can be described as evidence-based medicine. Download full article
Despite recognised regional differences in how doctors and patients deal with bad news, recent research shows every country has patients who seek information and others who avoid information, and doctors need training to cater for [more]
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