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World Service,04 Oct 1995,13 mins

How Medicines Really Work

Health Matters

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Implementing evidence based medicine in developing countries. How confident can a patient be that they are getting adequate treatment. How do we know what treatments really work? Evidence-based medicine uses research and thorough testing, but around the world some medicines and medical treatments are the result of trial and error, such as ante-natal care - invented by a London civil servant.

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