PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Roy E. A. Mapes AU - W. O. Williams TI - The assessment by doctors of the effectiveness of drugs DP - 1976 Dec 01 TA - The Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners PG - 880--883 VI - 26 IP - 173 4099 - http://bjgp.org/content/26/173/880.short 4100 - http://bjgp.org/content/26/173/880.full SO - J R Coll Gen Pract1976 Dec 01; 26 AB - There was no significant difference between the assessments by two groups of randomly-selected general practitioners on the effectiveness of the drug treatment for 19 common clinical conditions. The treatment of simple iron deficiency anaemia was considered the most effective and gained the highest consensus. Least effective, but not matched by worst consensus, was the drug treatment for obesity. The most widespread disagreement among the practitioners was for the effectiveness of the drug treatment of gastroenteritis.