Artigo Revisado por pares

The idolatry of the surrogate

2011; BMJ; Volume: 343; Issue: dec28 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1136/bmj.d7995

ISSN

0959-8138

Autores

John Yudkin, Kasia J. Lipska, Víctor M. Montori,

Tópico(s)

Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life

Resumo

Easier to measure surrogate outcomes are often used instead of patient important outcomes such as death, quality of life, or functional capacity when assessing treatments. John Yudkin , Kasia Lipska , and Victor Montori argue that our obsession with surrogates is damaging patient care

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