The new edition of Testing Treatments, while building on the success of the first edition published 5 years ago, incorporates extensive revision and updating. There is expanded coverage of the benefits and harms of screening in a separate chapter (Chapter 4) entitled 'Earlier is not necessarily better.' And in 'Regulating tests of treatments: help or hindrance?' (Chapter 9) the authors describe how research can become over-policed to the detriment of patients. In an important chapter (Chapter 12) it is asked: ‘So what makes for better healthcare?’ and shows how the lines of evidence can be drawn together in ways that can make a real difference to all of us. The last chapter gives a blueprint for a better future and an action plan (Chapter 13).As with the first edition of the book, the full text of the new edition is available for free download.
No comments:
Post a Comment