How do we know when something is actually improving patients' lives?

24/12/2024 1h 1min

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Episode Synopsis

Many widespread practices in medicine have never been directly shown to make people live longer, happier, or healthier. Arham and I discuss why this is the case. Is this a fair standard, or is it impossibly difficult to reach? I present the stances held by a few different camps in medicine, and Arham responds with a statistician's perspective on them.