Study Finds Ads for Many Aussie Orthopaedic Surgeons Don’t Comply With Guidelines

Study Finds Ads for Many Aussie Orthopaedic Surgeons Don’t Comply With Guidelines
Drugs prescribed to strengthen bones can have the opposite effect and lead to devastating consequences, research finds. Image Point Fr/Shutterstock
Marina Zhang
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Research led by the University of New South Wales has found “large proportions” of online advertising for orthopaedic surgeons non-compliant, with “only one-quarter” of surgeons compliant with guidelines.

“Non-compliance [in our study] was often characterised by unverified claims of reputation and skill, or misleading representations of the benefits of treatment,” the authors wrote.
Marina Zhang
Marina Zhang
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Marina Zhang is a health writer for The Epoch Times, based in New York. She mainly covers stories on COVID-19 and the healthcare system and has a bachelors in biomedicine from The University of Melbourne. Contact her at [email protected].
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