Talk:Effectiveness of Alcoholics Anonymous
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To view the response to a question, click the [show] link to the right of the question. Claims that do not come from medically reliable sources Q: Are claims about AA's effectiveness biomedical claims which need to come from a medically reliable source?
A: It is the consensus of multiple editors that claims about how effective AA is are medical claims, which need to be sourced from recent medically reliable sources. Q: Why aren't claims made by Lance Dodes's book The Sober Truth more prominent in the article.
A: Since The Sober Truth was published by the Beacon Press, not a medical or scientific publisher, and since this book has not been peer reviewed, the book is not a medically reliable source, and can not be used to make biomedical claims about AA's efficacy |
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