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Gordon Guyatt, MD, MSc; Deborah Cook, MD, MSc
McMaster University Hamilton, Ontario

JAMA. 1995;273(11):844-845.

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Apparently, Dr Madorsky feels that we should not describe an accident in which a previously healthy individual becomes paraplegic as a calamity or a tragedy, nor should we acknowledge that such an event entails suffering. To us, this seems denying the obvious and contradicts our experience with many individuals and families.

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