Can it work? Does it work? Is it worth it? The testing of healthcareinterventions is evolving

Editorial

B Haynes. BMJ. 1999.

. 1999 Sep 11;319(7211):652-3.

doi: 10.1136/bmj.319.7211.652.

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Comment in

Intervention trial for late life depression defended.
Llewellyn-Jones RH, Baikie KA. Llewellyn-Jones RH, et al. BMJ. 1999 Oct 16;319(7216):1068. doi: 10.1136/bmj.319.7216.1068. BMJ. 1999. PMID: 10521211 Free PMC article. No abstract available.
Intervention for late life depression in residential care. Being old, depressed, and disabled is to be in triple jeopardy.
Cameron I. Cameron I. BMJ. 2000 Jan 8;320(7227):119-20. BMJ. 2000. PMID: 10625276 Free PMC article. No abstract available.
Intervention for late life depression in residential care. How much trial and error should we tolerate in community trials?
Hawe P. Hawe P. BMJ. 2000 Jan 8;320(7227):120. BMJ. 2000. PMID: 10671052 No abstract available.
Intervention for late life depression in residential care. Important research seems to have been greeted with only two faint cheers.
Ames D. Ames D. BMJ. 2000 Jan 8;320(7227):120. BMJ. 2000. PMID: 10671053 No abstract available.
Intervention for late life depression in residential care. Cochrane preferred to use "effective" where other people used "efficacious".
McDonald I. McDonald I. BMJ. 2000 Jan 8;320(7227):120-1. BMJ. 2000. PMID: 10671054 No abstract available.
Intervention for late life depression in residential care. Cochrane may not have been first to define efficacy and effectiveness.
White KL. White KL. BMJ. 2000 Jan 8;320(7227):121. BMJ. 2000. PMID: 10671056 No abstract available.

Multifaceted shared care intervention for late life depression in residential care: randomised controlled trial.
Llewellyn-Jones RH, Baikie KA, Smithers H, Cohen J, Snowdon J, Tennant CC. Llewellyn-Jones RH, et al. BMJ. 1999 Sep 11;319(7211):676-82. doi: 10.1136/bmj.319.7211.676. BMJ. 1999. PMID: 10480824 Free PMC article. Clinical Trial.

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