http://www.medrants.com/archives/3323 Internal medicine, American health care, and especially medical education Sat, 11 Feb 2012 15:15:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.medrants.com/archives/3323/comment-page-1#comment-502903 A Skeptic Fri, 07 Sep 2007 16:43:37 +0000 http://medrants.com/index.php/archives/3323#comment-502903 Thank you for reminding us where these guidelines actually come from. It's a damn shame that politics interfered with the original AHCPR series. I bet many physicians believe that current guidelines are still being developed according to original AHCPR process and standards. When evidence-based medicine steps on too many toes, it seems that politics and economics takes over. Thank you for reminding us where these guidelines actually come from. It’s a damn shame that politics interfered with the original AHCPR series. I bet many physicians believe that current guidelines are still being developed according to original AHCPR process and standards. When evidence-based medicine steps on too many toes, it seems that politics and economics takes over.

]]> http://www.medrants.com/archives/3323/comment-page-1#comment-502788 JB Thu, 06 Sep 2007 21:03:48 +0000 http://medrants.com/index.php/archives/3323#comment-502788 The problem with guidelines is that they treat everyone the same. We are all different - current guidelines do not make any allowance for that! The problem with guidelines is that they treat everyone the same. We are all different – current guidelines do not make any allowance for that!

]]>