 | What hope is there for not using treatments and tests that don't work? Medicine is not just a science?it is a human activity. It entails ritual, custom, and the expectations of doctors, patients, and society. To safeguard against ineffective or harmful health care we need doctors who want to do the best they can for their patients, who are willing to continually question their own managements, and who have readily available sources of information about what does work. - Jenny Doust, senior research fellow, general practice |