Unrealistic Optimism

Unrealistic optimism is not limited to clinical trials for cancer, it is the basis for a mind-set that gives more credit to medical care than is warranted. If medical care was the answer to optimum health status and a healthier population, the incidence of chronic diseases would not be increasing. At best, medical care achieves a stalemate with chronic diseases but the status quo continues to erode to the detriment of health status.