Guidance has high priority in interventional procedures: Objective evidence needs to be provided

doi:10.1136/bmj.329.7461.351-b

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Anton E Joseph (aejoseph@hotmail.com), consultant radiologist

Mayday University Hospital, Croydon, Surrey CR7 7YE

EDITOR—The views expressed by Dent et al about new interventional procedures and about interventional clinicians are disturbing, particularly in view of the positions held by the authors.1 Response from clinicians has been very poor. Is it apathy or acceptance?

Problems with interventional procedures were covered comprehensively, but the solutions proposed were for clinicians more training to evaluate procedures, for manufacturers to do more …