Nothing but the truth?

Nothing but the truth

Everything gives you cancer, at least if you believe what you read in the news or see on TV. Fortunately, every thing also cures cancer, from red wine to silver nanoparticles. Of course the truth lies somewhere in between, and scientists might point out that these claims are at worst dangerous sensationalism and at best misjudged journalism. These kinds of media story, which inflate the risks a...

The Truth, the Whole Truth, and Nothing But the Truth

This discussion aims to provide the occasional medical expert witness with background knowledge of the adversarial court system and the role of the medical expert witness within it. The parallel evolution of the adversarial and inquisitorial legal systems has been more out of tradition rather than any systematic review of the effectiveness of one system or the other. Both legal systems have the...

The Truth , the Whole Truth , and Nothing but the Truth

Hypothetical bias is one of the main issues bedeviling the field of nonmarket valuation. The general criticism is that survey responses reflect how people would like to behave, rather than how they actually behave. In our study of climate change and emissions reductions, we took advantage of the increasing bulk of evidence from psychology and economics that addresses the effects of making promi...

The whole truth and nothing but the truth?

Two commentaries explore the question of how much information should be disclosed to a 16-year-old female patient about the genetic abnormality, testicular feminization (XY genotype), which renders her infertile. She has presented with precancerous testes that require surgical removal and also needs an operation on her vagina in order for her to be able to engage in intercourse. Minoque and T...

Convergence to the truth and nothing but the truth