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2017 | OriginalPaper | Hoofdstuk
10. Intervention
Auteurs : L. M. Bouter, G. A. Zielhuis, M. P. A. Zeegers
Uitgeverij: Bohn Stafleu van Loghum
Abstract
It will not always be certain whether the aim of a preventive, therapeutic or palliative intervention has actually been achieved. And if it has, was that because of or in spite of the intervention? Again, these are really questions of cause and effect (see chap. 6). This chapter discusses research into the outcomes of medical interventions that aim to have a beneficial effect on the occurrence or course of a disease (for example vaccinations, health information, rules on diet and lifestyle, reducing pollution, water fluoridation, medication, surgery and psychotherapy).