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1.
Casting and drawing lots: a time honoured way of dealing with uncertainty and ensuring fairness.
Silverman, W A; Chalmers, I.
BMJ ; 323(7327): 1467-8, 2001.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-11751358

Subject(s)
Gambling , Random Allocation , Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic/history , Decision Making , History, 17th Century , History, 19th Century , History, 20th Century , History, Ancient
2.
"Getting doctors to talk".
Silverman, W A.
Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol ; 15(4): 320-2, 2001 Oct.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-11703678

Subject(s)
Attitude of Health Personnel , Diffusion of Innovation , Evidence-Based Medicine , Humans , Infant, Newborn , Physician-Patient Relations , Pulmonary Surfactants/therapeutic use , Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic , Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Newborn/therapy , United States
3.
ROP--forme fruste.
Silverman, W A.
J Perinatol ; 21(6): 393-4, 2001 Sep.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-11593375

Subject(s)
Retinopathy of Prematurity/diagnosis , Adrenocorticotropic Hormone/therapeutic use , Humans , Infant, Newborn , Retinopathy of Prematurity/therapy
4.
Myopic rescuers.
Silverman, W A.
Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol ; 15(3): 208-10, 2001 Jul.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-11489146

Subject(s)
Disease Outbreaks/history , Poliomyelitis, Bulbar/history , Respiration, Artificial/history , History, 20th Century , Humans , Netherlands/epidemiology , Poliomyelitis, Bulbar/epidemiology , Sweden/epidemiology
5.
Neurosurgical exorcism.
Silverman, W A.
Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol ; 15(2): 98-9, 2001 Apr.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-11383581

Subject(s)
Ethics, Medical , Psychosurgery/history , Decision Making , History, 20th Century , Humans , Psychiatry/trends , Trephining/history
6.
Unnatural selection.
Silverman, W A.
Pediatrics ; 107(6): 1421-2, 2001 Jun.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-11389267

Subject(s)
Genetic Engineering/standards , Selection, Genetic , Eugenics/methods , Female , Genetic Engineering/methods , Humans , Infant Mortality/trends , Infant, Newborn , Infertility, Female/therapy , Intensive Care, Neonatal/statistics & numerical data , Multiple Birth Offspring/statistics & numerical data , Neonatology/methods , Pregnancy , Reproductive Techniques/standards
7.
Making factual knowledge public.
Silverman, W A.
Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol ; 15(1): 2-3, 2001 Jan.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-11237110

Subject(s)
Publishing/history , Authorship , Books/history , History, Modern 1601- , Information Services , United States
8.
Proximate moral anguish.
Silverman, W A.
Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol ; 14(4): 293-4, 2000 Oct.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-11101013

Subject(s)
Ethics, Medical , Intensive Care, Neonatal , Medical Futility , Neonatal Nursing , Truth Disclosure , Decision Making , Female , Humans , Infant, Newborn , Male , Morals , Prognosis
9.
Bad science and the role of institutional review boards.
Silverman, W A.
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med ; 154(12): 1183-4, 2000 Dec.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-11115298

Subject(s)
Clinical Trials as Topic/standards , Ethics, Medical , Professional Staff Committees , Attitude of Health Personnel , Humans , United States
10.
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? (Who shall keep watch over the guardians?).
Silverman, W A.
Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol ; 14(3): 190-1, 2000 Jul.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-10949209

Subject(s)
Human Experimentation , Professional Staff Committees , Clinical Trials as Topic , Humans , National Institutes of Health (U.S.) , United States
11.
Overheated news of a 'medical breakthrough'.
Silverman, W A.
Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol ; 14(2): 101-3, 2000 Apr.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-10791651

Subject(s)
Newspapers as Topic/history , Rabies Vaccines/history , Rabies/history , Animals , Dogs , France , History, 19th Century , Humans , Rabies/prevention & control , Rabies/transmission
12.
Realism and fairness in clinical trials.
Silverman, W A.
Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol ; 13(4): 386-8, 1999 Oct.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-10563356

Subject(s)
Clinical Trials as Topic , Epidemiology , Evidence-Based Medicine , Humans , Neonatology , Reproducibility of Results , Research Design , Sample Size
13.
How reliable is 'the test of time'?
Silverman, W A.
Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol ; 13(3): 238-42; discussion 242-4, 1999 Jul.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-10440044

Subject(s)
Albumins/therapeutic use , Shock/therapy , Burns/therapy , Clinical Trials as Topic , History, 20th Century , Humans , Military Medicine , United States , Warfare
14.
Effects of premature exposure to light: a credibility struggle.
Silverman, W A.
Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol ; 13(2): 128-30, 1999 Apr.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-10214603

Subject(s)
Light/adverse effects , Retinopathy of Prematurity/etiology , Humans , Infant, Newborn , Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic , Retinopathy of Prematurity/epidemiology
15.
Kill the messenger!
Silverman, W A.
Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol ; 13(1): 3-7, 1999 Jan.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-9987781

Subject(s)
Disabled Children/psychology , Down Syndrome/psychology , Parents/psychology , Professional-Family Relations , Humans , Infant
16.
Joe Butterfield's panache.
Silverman, W A.
J Perinatol ; 19(3): 173-4, 1999.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-10685212

Subject(s)
Perinatology/history , History, 20th Century , United States
17.
Rule-based folly at the moment of birth.
Silverman, W A.
Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol ; 12(4): 366-8, 1998 Oct.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-9805709

Subject(s)
Decision Making , Ethics, Medical , Neonatology , Parents/psychology , Physicians/psychology , Resuscitation , Humans , Infant, Newborn , Practice Guidelines as Topic , Wrongful Life
18.
Cooling the asphyxiated newborn-responsibly.
Silverman, W A.
Pediatrics ; 101(4 Pt 1): 697-8, 1998 Apr.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-9521958

Subject(s)
Body Temperature , Infant, Premature , Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic/history , Asphyxia Neonatorum/history , Asphyxia Neonatorum/therapy , History, 20th Century , Humans , Humidity , Hypothermia, Induced/history , Infant Mortality , Infant, Newborn
19.
Crap-trapping.
Silverman, W A.
Lancet ; 349(9063): 1471-2, 1997 May 17.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-9164334

Subject(s)
Philosophy , Humans , Knowledge , Terminology as Topic
20.
Medical decisions: an appeal for reasonableness.
Silverman, W A.
Pediatrics ; 98(6 Pt 1): 1182-4, 1996 Dec.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-8951273

Subject(s)
Decision Making , Physician's Role , Humans , Physician-Patient Relations
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