Why is it so hard to make evidence-based decisions about integrated medicine in general practice?

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Dr Catherine Zollman is a GP and a Bravewell Fellow.

Committed to monitoring the evidence base for integrated medicine, Dr Zollman nevertheless finds that it can be a poor guide to how a 'real' patient may do on a particular treatment.  Here she explores how average findings from an RCT, or general stats about life expectancy might translate for an individual patient in a complex situation.

 

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