The road to health care

摘要: Balancing benefits and harms of interventions is essential > “There are some patients that we cannot help; there none whom harm.” Attributed to Arthur L Bloomfield Before you next get into your car or walk out the street, reflect number deaths from road crashes in United Kingdom about 3400 a year.1 Elsewhere world rates up six times higher.2 Now compare with extrapolated figure for more than twice each year adverse drug reactions, estimated results prospective study published this theme issue BMJ .3 try estimate benefit harm balance trip have recently used. But drugs far being only use health care; even when prescribed they often part an overall plan care. Other include lifestyle …