The potential benefits of publicly disclosing the agency's detailed rationale for refusing approval include better informing the development of new drugs, facilitating a richer public health discourse, and counteracting misconceptions regarding FDA's reasons for denial of applications.
But Ms. Harris wanted to do it to counteract common misconceptions — the idea that all Canadians say, "Oot and aboot," for instance, or that Canadians are all "pale-cheeked, blue eyed, blond," or speak one language.
Clinicians' directedness could represent an attempt to counteract patient misconceptions.
The treatment's components are: – Psychoeducation to counteract the misconceptions about low back pain and to highlight the relevance of maintaining an adequate level of activity.
Understanding that science is an organized approach to objectively assessing evidence (whether from experiments, field observations, or models) is a good first step to counteracting the misconception that science is a static collection of facts.
Dr. Blendon said a three-pronged public education effort was needed to counteract the widespread misconceptions about smallpox and its vaccine.
Mr. Cuomo said the concern was that aggressive advertising campaigns encouraged binge drinking and promoted the misconception that caffeine would counteract the effects of alcohol.
To try to counteract this, the DIYbio community is running a survey that it hopes will dispel any misconceptions about its motives.
Your ability to cope with this reality is already astounding, so bear in mind the possible misconceptions when trying to understand the point of view of your adversaries, so that you can successfully counteract them.
"People have a lot of misconceptions about the citizenship process," noted Julie Pasch of Catholic Charities of Galveston-Houston, one of the groups working to counteract the barriers that may be preventing immigrants from taking that step to become U.S. citizens.
