by Richard W. Smith | Oct 21, 2009
Abstract Summary: After 30 years of practicing peer review and 15 years of studying it experimentally, I’m unconvinced of its value. Its downside is much more obvious to me than its upside, and the evidence we have on peer review tends to support that jaundiced view....
by Peter Frishauf | Oct 21, 2009
Abstract Summary: Peer review as we know it today is broken. A better way may be to create an online reputation system to rate the quality of an author, editor, or reviewer’s online contributions on the Internet, and apply such a system to pre- and open...
by Musa Mayer | Oct 21, 2009
Abstract Summary: The story of one patient advocate and author who moved beyond her personal experience with breast cancer to focus on helping women with metastatic disease, which in turn has led to her further training and involvement with drug development,...
by Ellen Ficklen | Oct 21, 2009
Abstract Summary: The Narrative Matters section of the health policy journal Health Affairs publishes compelling first-person essays called “policy narratives.” Unlike other types of medical narratives, the health-related stories published in Narrative...
by David C. Kibbe | Oct 21, 2009
Abstract Summary: The emerging phenomenon of participatory medicine seems to lead to improved health outcomes, but this is not yet supported by a robust evidence base. Fundamental questions about the participation of individuals—sick and well—remain unanswered. Only...
