Showing posts with label patient input. Show all posts
Showing posts with label patient input. Show all posts
Thursday, September 09, 2010
Is it safe, is it tolerable? Why not ask the patients? - Editorial + NEJM link
"A thought-provoking perspective by oncologist Ethan Basch, published recently in the New England Journal of Medicine, highlighted the absence of any patient input into establishing a drug’s safety. This might seem surprising, given that distressing symptoms – which patients are best placed to report on – account for a large number of drug-related side-effects....cont'd
NEJM:
The Missing Voice of Patients in Drug-Safety Reporting, by Ethan Basch, can be accessed at http://content.nejm.org/cgi/reprint/362/10/865.pdf
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