http://www.journalclub.org/2005/02/01/n51 Comments on the medical literature Wed, 13 Jul 2005 13:30:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.journalclub.org/2005/02/01/n51/comment-page-1#comment-2436 james gault Tue, 24 May 2005 12:54:35 +0000 http://www.journalclub.org/2005/02/01/n51#comment-2436 I agree completely.The "harms" do not outweigh the benefits.It is just that the number of deaths prevented is-in the view of the USPSTF-too low to be worthwhile."Worthwhile" is in the eye of the beholder and viewed by the Task Force from the point of view of some nebulous,non-existent single payer of medical bills,which is not how it works in a free society. I agree completely.The “harms” do not outweigh the benefits.It is just that the number of deaths prevented is-in the view of the USPSTF-too low to be worthwhile.”Worthwhile” is in the eye of the beholder and viewed by the Task Force from the point of view of some nebulous,non-existent single payer of medical bills,which is not how it works in a free society.

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