Most doctors take pride in thinking of themselves as being scientific in their approach. A lot of patients also suffer from the same delusion , and believe that doctors who practice modern medicine are rational, and will follow scientific principles in order to give them the right treatment. However, sadly, this is not true.
While evidence based medicine has become an extremely popular buzz word, the reality is that most doctors still practice eminence based medicine - based either on what they think they know ( when they rely on their personal experience, especially after they have got a few grey hairs; ) or on an expert's opinion ( after hearing a talk at a medical conference, or reading an article in a medical journal). Humans are remarkably easy to fool, and this is as true for doctors as it is for anyone else. This is why pharma companies invest so many billions on influencing and…
