Evidence for Our Opinions

Evidence-Based Medicine and Palliative Care

“…Nothing can be as blinding as a passion to prove what we already "know" to be true. 18 Researchers conducting studies within overtly political contexts (to demonstrate, for example, some obvious care deficiency at the end of life) have a special obligation to consider deeply how their biases may shape questions asked and their interpretation. At issue is nothing as crude as falsification of data.…”