Guest guest Posted October 5, 2003 Report Share Posted October 5, 2003 Trying to make money and to pay their malpractice insurance. On Sunday, October 5, 2003, at 05:09 AM, wrote: > Re: expatiation > > I must agree.. also, doctors just aren't trained well in research > methods. they frequently make errors that even someone who has had an > elementary research methods class would find laughable. I > occassionally have to read research from psychiatric journals. One > study about omega 3's reducing effects on violence changed three > variables in the experimental group (cognitive stimulation, exercise, > and high fish diet) and then the researcher just claimed from these > results that the majority of the reduction in violence was due to the > fish, not the exercise or extra attention. > > it really irks me how MDs are treated like experts of mental health > and nutrition when they get almost no training in these areas. this > doesn't mean all doctors are incompetent, but to be competent would > require them to read research outside of the medical field on their > own time, and most doctors are far too busy raking in the money to do > this. > > All art, all education, can be merely a supplement to nature. -Aristotle (B.C. 384-322) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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