Evidence-Based Practice / Unit 8 EBP 1055 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Balancing Benefits and Harms
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The idea
A recommendation maintains a balance between the benefits and the harms of the care it recommends.
In practice
A recommendation stating both what an intervention achieves and what it costs the patient.
Where people slip
A guideline reporting only benefits has not balanced anything. Harms are part of the recommendation, not a caveat after it.
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