David Gerard schreef: > http://in.reuters.com/article/health/idINTRE4AN7BO20081124 > > "NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Consumers who rely on the user-edited Web > resource Wikipedia for information on medications are putting > themselves at risk of potentially harmful drug interactions and > adverse effects, new research shows.
The original abstract is available at http://www.theannals.com/cgi/content/abstract/aph.1L474v1 . It's not all bad news! Some more details: "Wikipedia performed poorly regarding information on dosing, with a score of 0% versus the MDR score of 90.0%." I believe this is because of an explicit Wikipedia policy to discourage dosage information, to prevent self-medication. "No factual errors were found in Wikipedia, whereas 4 answers in Medscape conflicted with the answer key" (!!!) "current entries were superior to those 90 days prior (p = 0.024)." First scientific proof that quality still is improving? Eugene _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
