Raj Persaud on trade-offs in healthcare
- Published: 11 September 2007 09:00
- Author:Raj Persaud | More by this Author
- Last Updated: 11 September 2007 13:50
The concept of 'trade-offs' is well understood in health – benefits of drugs traded against side-effects, for example, but many find it harder to juggle the trade-offs of change, says Raj Persaud.
At the heart of the clinical practice of medicine is the idea of a ‘trade-off’ – we prescribe a drug juggling the downside of the side-effects with the upside of the treatment benefits.
The concept of 'trade-offs' is well understood in health – benefits of drugs traded against side-effects, for example, but many find it harder to juggle the trade-offs of change, says Raj Persaud.
At the heart of the clinical practice of medicine is the idea of a ‘trade-off’ – we prescribe a drug juggling the downside of the side-effects with the upside of the treatment benefits.
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