Doctors Argue Against Using "Best Practices" To Solve Health Problems.

In the Wall Street Journal  (4/2, Subscription Publication), Drs. Pamela Hartzband and Jerome Groopman, faculty of the Harvard Medical School and the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, write about a medical care misconception that there are "best practices" for every health problem. They argue that clinical decisions should be based on a patient's goals and values, rather than the idea that experts know what's best.