Brody H
Department of Family Practice, Michigan State University, East Lansing 48824.
Theor Med. 1992 Sep;13(3):261-3. doi: 10.1007/BF00489203.
Froom and Froom call attention to referral bias as a frequent cause for misinterpreting the medical literature. This is particularly a source of false certainty, and therefore false science, in U.S. practice, where referral centers are often seen as the only legitimate source of medical knowledge and where primary care is discounted as a source of scientific observations. Appreciation of the primary care setting is therefore a critical element in theoretical understanding of medical epistemology.
弗鲁姆和弗鲁姆提请人们注意转诊偏倚，这是误读医学文献的常见原因。在美国的医疗实践中，这尤其会导致虚假的确信，进而产生伪科学，因为转诊中心常常被视为医学知识的唯一合法来源，而初级保健作为科学观察来源的价值却被低估。因此，认识初级保健环境是从理论上理解医学认识论的关键要素。
