TY - JOUR PY - 2013// TI - Helmets or not? Use science correctly JO - Journal of medical ethics A1 - Trégouët, Paul SP - 718 EP - 719 VL - 41 IS - 8 N2 - In a recent article, Hooper and Spicer make several arguments against legislation that would mandate the use of bicycle helmets. While they present reasonable objections to the utilitarian as well as the justice defence of such legislation, their review of the empirical evidence contains inaccuracies, omissions and a bias in the selection of empirical data. While there are legitimate reasons to argue against mandating helmet legislation, these arguments should still be based on clinically and scientifically sound evidence.

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LA - en SN - 0306-6800 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/medethics-2013-101521 ID - ref1 ER -