The Role of Natural Experiments in Advancing Medical Knowledge We all know that medical science is based on facts, which is why we need to do experiments and analyze their results in order to improve medical care . Doctors obviously can't run experiments on their patients after all, they're not guinea pigs. However, there are lots of real life natural experiments which doctors can learn from. Thus, for example, if we have a patient who has forgotten to take a certain medicine , we need to track what happens to him.
Rather than get irritated because he hasn't followed your orders, you can use this is an opportunity to learn what happens when the patient misses their dose . What effect does this have on the course of the disease ? You may find, much to your surprise, that perhaps missing a dose doesn't make any difference at all ! It's only by carefully observing and documenting all the…
