Tue 16 Dec 2008
What is the medical definition of success?
Posted by echan76 under Medicine
[2] Comments
max g asked:
Specifically, how would the medical community evaluate a new medical procedure so as to label it a success? I’m hoping for a somewhat broad answer, backed by legitimate citations. I’m guessing that a new procedure is labeled a success when it achieves its intended purpose; what I’m looking for is if the medical community has stated if success, generally, means that a procedure causes more help than harm to the condition of the patient.
Specifically, how would the medical community evaluate a new medical procedure so as to label it a success? I’m hoping for a somewhat broad answer, backed by legitimate citations. I’m guessing that a new procedure is labeled a success when it achieves its intended purpose; what I’m looking for is if the medical community has stated if success, generally, means that a procedure causes more help than harm to the condition of the patient.
