We enjoyed Dr Richardson’s editorial in the September BCMJ about the validity of studies [BCMJ 2018;60:341 [11]]. We were dismayed to read the results of a survey on the Doctors of BC website reporting on a survey of doctors, “Transparency around drug payments to physicians.” Out of over 10 000 physicians in BC, 532 responded, so the only meaningful conclusion that can be drawn is: 5% of physicians in BC have these views on drug payments. We have no idea what the other 95% think. It is time for us to all insist that people who publish results of studies clearly state what the limitations are so we can put the results in a meaningful context.
—Geoffrey Ainsworth, MD
Vancouver
—Patrice Dunn, MD
Vancouver
This letter was submitted in response to “Spot-on studies.” [11]
Links
[1] https://bcmj.org/cover/december-2018
[2] https://bcmj.org/author/geoffrey-ainsworth-md
[3] https://bcmj.org/author/patrice-dunn-md
[4] https://bcmj.org/node/6967
[5] https://bcmj.org/sites/default/files/BCMJ_Vol60_No10-letters.pdf
[6] https://bcmj.org/print/letters/re-spot-studies
[7] https://bcmj.org/printmail/letters/re-spot-studies
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[9] https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Re: Spot-on studies&url=https://bcmj.org/print/letters/re-spot-studies&via=BCMedicalJrnl&tw_p=tweetbutton
[10] https://bcmj.org/javascript%3A%3B
[11] https://bcmj.org/editorials/spot-studies
[12] https://bcmj.org/modal_forms/nojs/webform/176
[13] https://bcmj.org/%3Finline%3Dtrue%23citationpop