TY - BOOK ID - 138606856 TI - False Positive : A Year of Error, Omission, and Political Correctness in the New England Journal of Medicine PY - 2019 SN - 1641770473 9781641770477 9781641770460 PB - New York Encounter Books DB - UniCat KW - Publication Bias. KW - Periodicals as Topic. KW - New England journal of medicine. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:138606856 AB - The New England Journal of Medicine is one of the most important general medical journals in the world. Doctors rely on the conclusions it publishes, and most do not have the time to look beyond abstracts to examine methodology or question assumptions. Many of its pronouncements are conveyed by the media to a mass audience, which is likely to take them as authoritative. But is this trust entirely warranted? Theodore Dalrymple, a doctor retired from practice, turned a critical eye upon a full year of the Journal, alert to dubious premises and to what is left unsaid. ER -