Intended for healthcare professionals
"There are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns—the ones we don't know we don't know"
- Donald Rumsfeld, speaking about weapons of mass destruction before the Iraq war. but the notion was first formalized by the pioneering epidemiologist James Mackenzie in 1919.
Where those words were used to obfuscate, we hope to illuminate. In a series of webinars The BMJ, with the help of Allyson Pollock and George Davey Smith, will shed light on some areas of medicine and society where the public and patients need answers, but the evidence is lacking.
Therapy for the effects of menopause - 5pm (BST) on the 25th of May 2023
Our previous series, known unknowns of Covid-19, was an invaluable resource for clinicians during the pandemic, the full webinars are available for free on our youtube page