1. For example, coronary bypass had become well-established before being properly assessed. Several recent studies have suggested that bypass may have been significantly over provided (e.g. Brook, Robert H. and Mary E. Vaiana, Appropriateness of Care: A Chart Book, Washington, D.C., George Washington University, National Health Policy Forum, 1989)
2. Williams, Sankey V., David B. Nash and Neil Goldfarb “Differences in Mortality From Coronary Bypass Graft Surgery at Five Teaching Hospitals” Journal of the American Medical Association V.266, No.6, 14 August 1991, pp. 810–815
3. Perry, Seymour “Technology Assessment: Continuing Uncertainty” New England Journal of Medicine V314, 23 January 1986, pp. 240–243
4. Fox, Renee C. and Judith P. Swazey The Courage to Fail: A Social View of Organ Transplants and Dialysis. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1978, pp. 60–83.
5. Herbert, Victor Nutrition Cultism: Facts and Fictions Philadelphia: Stickley, 1980