Journal of Pediatric Psychology, Vol. 28, No. 1, 2003, pp. 41-43
© 2003 Society of Pediatric Psychology
Commentary: Juvenile Rheumatic Disease as a Psychosocial Stressor
Estero, Florida
All correspondence should be sent to Donald K. Routh, 20131 Seagrove St., #402, Estero, Florida. E-mail: drouth@miami.edu.
| The first 150 words of the full text of this article appear below. |
Certain Hindu scriptures advise us not to be too attached to the fruits of
our actions (Smith, 1965
).
Thus, in terms of scientific strategies, we should do our research carefully,
using the highest methodological standards, and accept the results, whatever
they are, with equanimity. Manuscript reviewers should ask themselves
primarily whether a study is sufficiently rigorous in its design and, in
making their recommendations to the editor, disregard whether it had
significant or meaningful results. Let the chips fall where they may, in other
words. According to this view, those who survey the literature should accept
into their database only well-designed studies that have passed scientific
peer review, as required for publication in reputable journals.
Another view of science, attributed to Paul Feyerabend
(1993) among others, is that
there is no such thing as a "scientific" method. Science means
using whatever ingenious ways we can devise to find