Failings in hierarchies of evidence for controversial health-policy decisions

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• Professor Sir Michael Rawlins (NICE)
• Monday 29 April 2013, 17:30-18:30
• Babbage Lecture Theater - New Museums Site.

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Western philosophers have debated on the nature of what constitutes “scientific” enquiry for hundreds of years. In this lecture Michael Rawlins will consider the respective places of experimentation and observation in deciding whether therapeutic interventions are fit for purpose.

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This talk is part of the The International Year of Statistics 2013 - Series of Public Lectures series.

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• Babbage Lecture Theater - New Museums Site
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• Centenary Year of the Medical Research Council and International Year of Statistics
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