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Medical research findings are customarily not made public prior to their publication in a medical journal that has had them reviewed by a panel of experts in a process called peer review. It is claimed that this practice delays public access to potentially beneficial information that, in extreme instances, could save lives. Yet prepublication peer review is the only way to prevent erroneous and therefore potentially harmful information from reaching a public that is ill epuipped to evaluate medical claims on its own. Therefore, waiting until a medical journal has published the research findings that have passed peer review is the price that must be paid to protect the public from making decisions based on possibly substandard research.
The argument assumes that
A unless medical research findings are brought to peer review by a medical journal, peer review will not occur.
B anyone who does not serve on medical review panel does not have the necessary knowledge and experitese to evaluate medical research finding.
C the general public does not have access to the medical journals in which research findings are published.
D all medical research findings are subjected to prepublication peer review.
E peer review panels are sometimes subject to political and professional pressures that can make their judgments less than impartial.
the key is A, I'm so confused. could anyone give little explanation? thanks! 
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发表于 2004-6-11 03:12:00
