title: Accentuate the positive? The negative role of bias.
abstract: In spite of authors' best efforts, bias can creep unbidden and unseen into the medical literature. Although it is not necessarily easy to control for bias, authors must at least be aware of some of the biases that may be present in order to account for them in the critical evaluation and in order to think about better study design for the future.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Texas A&M Health Science Center, College of Medicine, Temple, TX, USA. djupiter@sw.org
authors.forename: Daniel C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Jupiter
mesh_terms: D015982:Bias; D006801:Humans; D017594:Publication Bias; D011643:Publishing; D015983:Selection Bias
keywords: recall bias; reporting bias; selection bias; susceptibility bias