Similarly, a substance active against bacteria ortumour cells in the laboratory will not necessarily retain this property ina patient's body. Take care if you quote research from certain journals. Thereis evidence, for instance, that journals from China, Russia or the formerUSSR do not publish research which finds a therapy to be ineffective. Youmight want to take this into consideration before citing Chinese or Russianresearch. Don't pick and choose your evidence.
Many authors only cite papers whichsupports their views.
For them, research is used merely to buttress anargument, a method to vindicate prior beliefs. It is important to includeand evaluate all studies on a particular subject. Be specific when you make a knowledge claim. It is important to avoid making statements about the clinical effects oftreatment which are too general to be of value. Yet theseconcepts are extremely slippery and open to differing interpretations,especially if they are used with insufficient care.