While other patient groups may view government and professional organisations as impartial and reputable information sources [ 25, 26], back pain sufferers' experiences of delegitimisation at the hands of different parts of the establishment [ 12], as well as its failure to offer successful treatments may have led to a lack of faith that also extends to health care research.
Beall's List has been the world's main information source on "predatory open access" journals that publish junk science - none peer reviewed by reputable scientists - as serious, reputable science.
The small numbers provided with GWG targets, and the dominance of non-clinical information sources, supports the need for GWG guidance from reputable sources.
While even sources as general as Wikipedia can have useful horse information, sources put together by scientists and/or horse experts are generally more reputable.
Use good additional information sources.
Women were therefore receptive to information from non-medical sources, but relied on their own ' common sense' to sift reputable from non-reputable information.
Consider discussing it with a licensed stockbroker, an attorney, your finance manager, your accountant or other reputable, trusted source of information.
As patients continue to turn to the Web for health care advice, physicians should maintain a professional presence and direct patients to reputable sources of information.
Devote at least one part of your week to reading books, articles, journals, newspapers and other reputable sources of information in order to keep up with developments in your own field and beyond.
Predictably, everyone in the media ran with the story because, well, what more reputable source of information is there than the AP?
