Making decisions about benefits and harms of medicines

BMJ. 2004 Jul 3;329(7456):47-50. doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7456.47.

Authors

Trisha Greenhalgh¹, Olga Kostopoulou, Clare Harries

Affiliation

¹ Department of Primary Care and Population Sciences, University College London, London N19 5LW. p.greenhalgh@pcps.ucl.ac.uk

Abstract

Even when good scientific data are available, people's interpretation of risks and benefits will differ

Publication types

Comment
Review

MeSH terms

Decision Making*
Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions*
Humans
Legislation, Drug
Observer Variation
Risk Assessment / methods*
Risk Factors