What bothers me is that Hilda was searching online for candidates and then appointing them rather than running an open (and perferably...
But to be clear that is a priority choice to prioritize pandemic response things. [edit] Cochrane is also an organization with many involved so I...
A blind review of trials could be interesting where the intervention is unknown to those looking at the results. But it doesn't work as the...
So what I don't understand is if there is such a role in a review process. They are not designing trials but reviewing what was done and...
Not all some don't manage to teach participants to answer questions better!
Shouldn't an early stage of any review be to look at the reliability of the evidence in each study found. Looking at the strength of controls and...
Given it is gas I suspect doing so would be illegal in the UK. Unlike handling devices with gas those doing reviews and giving medical advice...
My belief is there wasn't a formal process just Hilda talking with a few people thinking they might help or I don't like them. But this is why...
They have not just failed people with ME they have demonstrated a lack of competance in backing a review that was not up to any standard and...
So perhaps you can describe the recruitment process a bit more? Prior to interviewing what did the skills and marking matrix look like? Who else...
But you got to choose the organizations and that organizations would nominate people and why it was a good idea. There seems to be no systematic...
So basically this process is about the Hilda club - people Hilda has met and worked with over a logner time. Its not about patient participation...
That is a good point but the 'process' seems to be to appoint someone to appoint a group. Where is the analysis of the skills needed for the...
If people don't listen and act on valid criticism then things need repeating. Lets face it Cochrane ignored the issues with the current review for...
With healthcare I find the notion of consumer advocacy quite strange. The very work consumer hints at a expected role of patients to take what...
In general what I observe is Cochrane has very weak processes to avoid bias (or ensure competance) in its reviews. With the current review they...
You would also need to ensure the sham education wasn't harmful which could mean it ends up not saying much and setting very different...
I was looking for trials he may have been involved in and here is a stats plan that he was involved in...
You are missing the point. The way things were phrased suggests a particular view point comming from groups of medics who attack ME patients....
I think we need to be clear that there are those in the medical and scientific community who have purposely tires do stigmatize patients to avoid...
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