Such things are clearly much harder to mitigate against than financial
conflicts of interest. Good chairing? Assertiveness training?!
Presumably these sorts of CoI do not systematically favour certain
products.
Best wishes,
Tom
On 8 August 2012 21:21, k.hopayian <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> But even a multidisciplinary guideline group cannot be free of bias. There
> are powerful dynamics that work against reasoned debate. Two that I have
> noticed are deference to the expert (usually of higher rank) and going along
> with the crowd.
> Kev Hopayian
> On 8 Aug 2012, at 14:51, Harbour Robin (HEALTHCARE IMPROVEMENT SCOTLAND)
> wrote:
>
> This is almost certainly true. One problem though is that we tend to think
> of big corporations / researchers as being biased, but forget that others
> are probably equally biased. Patient advocacy groups, for example, are
> biased almost by definition and in some cases have additional biases related
> to their funding source. The SIGN approach is to involve a multidisciplinary
> group involving all interested parties, with declarations of interest, and
> hope that the unintentional / unknown biases cancel each other out!
>
> Robin
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> From: Evidence based health (EBH)
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Dr. Carlos Cuello
> Sent: 08 August 2012 13:50
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> Subject: can disclosure of financial conflicts of interest actually worsen
> bias?
>
> Interesting question
>
> http://the-scientist.com/2012/08/07/opinion-bias-is-unavoidable/
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