Rosario Bindi Quotes
It was not possible to resist pressure from judges and the media who declared the treatment valid before it was tested.
Topics
Italy
Judges
Judicial Activism
The Media
Pressure
Cancer
Health Research, Medical Research
Quacks
Health, Healthcare & Medicine
Evidence-Based Medicine
External Pressure
Judicial Interference
Media Influence
Media Pressure
Public Declaration
Scientific Rigor
Unethical Practices
Unjustified Pressure
Citations
Rosario Bindi, Italian Health Minister, Explanation of why she allowed the Italian Health Service to provide an untested and harmful cancer treatment to hysterical cancer patients who asked for it, July 30, 1998
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