I think the current vogue for checklists, which in themselves
contain significant elements of subjectivity, may be blinding people
to tried and tested procedures for judging quality.
Perhaps peer review might be the easiest way to resolve the
problem of choosing between different systematic reviews on the
same subject, if as I assume it is for editorial purposes.
the notion of a short list of questions that determine the
thoroughness of a review seems attractive until someone argues
that one of the questions should be, Has all the chinese literature
on this subject be considered?
John Platt
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