David Tuller: Trial By Error: Another Letter to BMJ's Dr. Godlee

[Kalliope]

Trial By Error: Another Letter to BMJ's Dr Godlee

Last week, The Times ran an article about the open letter to The Lancet concerning the PACE trial, quickly followed by a piece in The BMJ. This morning, I e-mailed the following letter to Fiona Godlee, editor-in-chief of The BMJ and editorial director at BMJ. I cc’d officials at the Health Research Authority, some NICE stakeholders, and Carol Monaghan MP on the letter, since all have interests in the proper assessment of studies in this domain.

 

[Trish]

Thank you @dave30th. It really is time the BMJ got it house in order on all the issues you raise. As you rightly say, patients are suffering as a result of such negligence.

 

[Barry]

It really is time the BMJ got it house in order on all the issues you raise. As you rightly say, patients are suffering as a result of such negligence.

The astonishing and terrible thing is: they simply don't seem to give a damn. One day I think this kind of well documented behaviour will come back to haunt them; public enquiry maybe.

 

[Sean]

"However, I was surprised that the open letter itself was not referenced in the footnotes."

Yeah, that's a bit dodgy. Making it just a little harder for interested but time-poor readers to chase the letter down.