…College London and some other select British institutions–recognize that unblinded trials relying on self-reported outcomes, like those included in the Cochrane review, generate unknown amounts of bias and cannot provide…
…the differences between “research,” which requires ethical review, and “service evaluation,” which does not.) In the case of the dung-heap otherwise known as the Lightning Process trial, BMJ has engaged…
…Professor Crawley’s Lightning Process trial. Professor Crawley has since been ordered to correct the ethics statements in 11 other papers. It is therefore evident that Bristol’s prior review of Professor…
…following is a partial list of some of my concerns: It was not a randomized controlled trial as the authors stated; protocols are portrayed as predesignated but in fact were…
…These recommendations were based on the reported findings of the now-discredited PACE trial and other research conducted by the GET/CBT ideological brigades in the UK, the Netherlands and elsewhere. They…
…ones. I have also appreciated BMJ€™s campaign for open access to trial data and its forays into investigative journalism. Much of this hard-hitting approach can be attributed to Dr. Fiona…
