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		alpaca128 on April 18, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: An evidence-based guide to expanding your comfort ... Medicine is evidence-based but they won't hand you a bunch of studies before surgery. Providing evidence helps but isn't a necessity to call something evidence-based.

hannob on April 18, 2023 [–]

> Medicine is evidence-based but they won't hand you a bunch of studies before surgery.

Well, they surely should be able to if you ask for it. And ideally, that information should be easily available to you anyway.

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