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Bias in clinical guidelines, and giving birth at home

Bias in clinical guidelines, and giving birth at home

FromThe BMJ Podcast


Bias in clinical guidelines, and giving birth at home

FromThe BMJ Podcast

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Length:
19 minutes
Released:
Aug 5, 2013
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Despite repeated calls to prohibit or limit conflicts of interests among authors and sponsors of clinical guidelines, the problem persists. Jeanne Lenzer explains what's going wrong.
And is giving birth at home as safe for the mother as giving birth in hospital? New research from the Netherlands suggests that it is, and that risk assessment is key.
Released:
Aug 5, 2013
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

The BMJ is an international peer reviewed medical journal and a fully “online first” publication. The BMJ’s vision is to be the world’s most influential and widely read medical journal. Our mission is to lead the debate on health and to engage, inform, and stimulate doctors, researchers, and other health professionals in ways that will improve outcomes for patients. We aim to help doctors to make better decisions.