{"id":36096,"date":"2016-02-02T10:30:31","date_gmt":"2016-02-02T09:30:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/?p=36096"},"modified":"2016-02-02T11:56:28","modified_gmt":"2016-02-02T10:56:28","slug":"neville-goodmans-metaphor-watch-guns-and-needles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/2016\/02\/02\/neville-goodmans-metaphor-watch-guns-and-needles\/","title":{"rendered":"Neville Goodman&#8217;s Metaphor Watch: Guns and needles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/files\/2015\/02\/neville_goodman.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-33270\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/files\/2015\/02\/neville_goodman-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"neville_goodman\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Sometimes research goes badly, and red herrings lead to a blind alley (qv), but sometimes there\u2019s a smoking gun: conclusive evidence just a little bit short of being caught in the act. But note \u201cjust a little bit short.\u201d This means that smoking gun shouldn\u2019t be applied to properly conclusive evidence, and that it doesn\u2019t make sense to ask if something is a smoking gun. A smoking gun is obvious, in-your-face evidence; the question is whether it\u2019s valid, well illustrated by these opening sentences of a commentary article on the evidence that T cells cause rheumatoid arthritis. This article came to my attention some years ago for its title, \u201cA fistful of T cells\u201d, which, rather than metaphorical, is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bmj.com\/content\/331\/7531\/1540\">an allusive title<\/a>. Of course, the important property of the smoking gun is the temporal one, and that is not so for most evidence in research, but the sentences capture the essence of the smoking gun.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cOutside the saloon lay the sheriff, wounded. In the middle of the gathering crowd stood a man holding a smoking gun. He claimed to be innocent. Nobody had witnessed the crime. Whodunit?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a similar, and similarly correct application of the metaphor, a particular peptide is suggested as the trigger for the evolutionary change in a clade of cone snails than enabled them to hunt fish instead of worms. But it is incorrect to write that \u201ccigarettes [are] more of a potential\u2026 than a definitive smoking gun [for] reduced taxane myelotoxicity\u201d because the whole point of a smoking gun, as above, is that it isn\u2019t potential and it can\u2019t be definitive. I guess that when looking for the agent in tobacco that is responsible at the cellular level for carcinogenicity, smoking gun is just too compelling a metaphor. It is correct but ill chosen to call the Chicxulub meteorite crater in Mexico a smoking gun for the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary extinction: there would have been a lot more smoke than from a gun.<\/p>\n<p>Smoking guns are obvious; needles in haystacks are not, and there are twice as many needles in haystacks as smoking guns in PubMed\u00ae. I don\u2019t find it objectionable as a way of saying that it\u2019s very difficult looking for bits of broken minimal access kit in a child\u2019s abdomen, searching for gravitational waves with ground-based interferometers, or looking for circulating tumour cells as prognostic markers; but is it appropriate for identifying the miRNA-target pairs that may be important in disease mechanisms? The problem there is that there are too many needles and we don\u2019t know which are the important ones, but what is the haystack? It is also sometimes applied to difficult diagnoses, but that again is inappropriate because the problem is not knowing whether it\u2019s a needle or a nail.<\/p>\n<p>If you want to use needle in a haystack, don\u2019t use it if you\u2019ve actually lost bits of surgical needle.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Neville Goodman<\/strong> is a retired consultant anaesthetist and a writer, and co-author of a book on medical English.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Competing interests:<\/strong> I have read and understood BMJ policy on declaration of interests and declare that my only competing interest is my co-authorship of a book about medical English.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes research goes badly, and red herrings lead to a blind alley (qv), but sometimes there\u2019s a smoking gun: conclusive evidence just a little bit short of being caught in [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/2016\/02\/02\/neville-goodmans-metaphor-watch-guns-and-needles\/\">More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5763],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36096","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-metaphor-watch"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Neville Goodman&#039;s Metaphor Watch: Guns and needles - The BMJ<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/2016\/02\/02\/neville-goodmans-metaphor-watch-guns-and-needles\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Neville Goodman&#039;s Metaphor Watch: Guns and needles - The BMJ\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Sometimes research goes badly, and red herrings lead to a blind alley (qv), but sometimes there\u2019s a smoking gun: conclusive evidence just a little bit short of being caught in [...]More...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/2016\/02\/02\/neville-goodmans-metaphor-watch-guns-and-needles\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The BMJ\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bmjdotcom\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-02-02T09:30:31+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2016-02-02T10:56:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/files\/2015\/02\/neville_goodman-150x150.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"BMJ\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@bmj_latest\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@bmj_latest\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"BMJ\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.bmj.com\\\/bmj\\\/2016\\\/02\\\/02\\\/neville-goodmans-metaphor-watch-guns-and-needles\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.bmj.com\\\/bmj\\\/2016\\\/02\\\/02\\\/neville-goodmans-metaphor-watch-guns-and-needles\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"BMJ\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.bmj.com\\\/bmj\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/ba3da426ed20e8f1d933ca367d8216fe\"},\"headline\":\"Neville Goodman&#8217;s Metaphor Watch: Guns and needles\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-02-02T09:30:31+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-02-02T10:56:28+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.bmj.com\\\/bmj\\\/2016\\\/02\\\/02\\\/neville-goodmans-metaphor-watch-guns-and-needles\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":546,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.bmj.com\\\/bmj\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.bmj.com\\\/bmj\\\/2016\\\/02\\\/02\\\/neville-goodmans-metaphor-watch-guns-and-needles\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.bmj.com\\\/bmj\\\/files\\\/2015\\\/02\\\/neville_goodman-150x150.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Metaphor watch\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.bmj.com\\\/bmj\\\/2016\\\/02\\\/02\\\/neville-goodmans-metaphor-watch-guns-and-needles\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.bmj.com\\\/bmj\\\/2016\\\/02\\\/02\\\/neville-goodmans-metaphor-watch-guns-and-needles\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.bmj.com\\\/bmj\\\/2016\\\/02\\\/02\\\/neville-goodmans-metaphor-watch-guns-and-needles\\\/\",\"name\":\"Neville Goodman's Metaphor Watch: Guns and needles - The BMJ\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.bmj.com\\\/bmj\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.bmj.com\\\/bmj\\\/2016\\\/02\\\/02\\\/neville-goodmans-metaphor-watch-guns-and-needles\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.bmj.com\\\/bmj\\\/2016\\\/02\\\/02\\\/neville-goodmans-metaphor-watch-guns-and-needles\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.bmj.com\\\/bmj\\\/files\\\/2015\\\/02\\\/neville_goodman-150x150.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-02-02T09:30:31+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-02-02T10:56:28+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.bmj.com\\\/bmj\\\/2016\\\/02\\\/02\\\/neville-goodmans-metaphor-watch-guns-and-needles\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.bmj.com\\\/bmj\\\/2016\\\/02\\\/02\\\/neville-goodmans-metaphor-watch-guns-and-needles\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.bmj.com\\\/bmj\\\/2016\\\/02\\\/02\\\/neville-goodmans-metaphor-watch-guns-and-needles\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.bmj.com\\\/bmj\\\/files\\\/2015\\\/02\\\/neville_goodman.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.bmj.com\\\/bmj\\\/files\\\/2015\\\/02\\\/neville_goodman.jpg\",\"width\":674,\"height\":759},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.bmj.com\\\/bmj\\\/2016\\\/02\\\/02\\\/neville-goodmans-metaphor-watch-guns-and-needles\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.bmj.com\\\/bmj\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Neville Goodman&#8217;s Metaphor Watch: Guns and needles\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.bmj.com\\\/bmj\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.bmj.com\\\/bmj\\\/\",\"name\":\"The BMJ\",\"description\":\"Helping doctors make better decisions.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.bmj.com\\\/bmj\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.bmj.com\\\/bmj\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.bmj.com\\\/bmj\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"The BMJ\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.bmj.com\\\/bmj\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.bmj.com\\\/bmj\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.bmj.com\\\/bmj\\\/files\\\/2018\\\/05\\\/The-BMJ-logo.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.bmj.com\\\/bmj\\\/files\\\/2018\\\/05\\\/The-BMJ-logo.jpg\",\"width\":852,\"height\":568,\"caption\":\"The BMJ\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.bmj.com\\\/bmj\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/bmjdotcom\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/bmj_latest\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.bmj.com\\\/bmj\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/ba3da426ed20e8f1d933ca367d8216fe\",\"name\":\"BMJ\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/b4d8f39281bcae118348a1c027347b8e53b82d42520e774a8b50dd9a6ac6c01d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/b4d8f39281bcae118348a1c027347b8e53b82d42520e774a8b50dd9a6ac6c01d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/b4d8f39281bcae118348a1c027347b8e53b82d42520e774a8b50dd9a6ac6c01d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"BMJ\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.bmj.com\\\/\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.bmj.com\\\/bmj\\\/author\\\/admin\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Neville Goodman's Metaphor Watch: Guns and needles - The BMJ","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/2016\/02\/02\/neville-goodmans-metaphor-watch-guns-and-needles\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Neville Goodman's Metaphor Watch: Guns and needles - The BMJ","og_description":"Sometimes research goes badly, and red herrings lead to a blind alley (qv), but sometimes there\u2019s a smoking gun: conclusive evidence just a little bit short of being caught in [...]More...","og_url":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/2016\/02\/02\/neville-goodmans-metaphor-watch-guns-and-needles\/","og_site_name":"The BMJ","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bmjdotcom\/","article_published_time":"2016-02-02T09:30:31+00:00","article_modified_time":"2016-02-02T10:56:28+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/files\/2015\/02\/neville_goodman-150x150.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"BMJ","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@bmj_latest","twitter_site":"@bmj_latest","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"BMJ","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/2016\/02\/02\/neville-goodmans-metaphor-watch-guns-and-needles\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/2016\/02\/02\/neville-goodmans-metaphor-watch-guns-and-needles\/"},"author":{"name":"BMJ","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/#\/schema\/person\/ba3da426ed20e8f1d933ca367d8216fe"},"headline":"Neville Goodman&#8217;s Metaphor Watch: Guns and needles","datePublished":"2016-02-02T09:30:31+00:00","dateModified":"2016-02-02T10:56:28+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/2016\/02\/02\/neville-goodmans-metaphor-watch-guns-and-needles\/"},"wordCount":546,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/2016\/02\/02\/neville-goodmans-metaphor-watch-guns-and-needles\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/files\/2015\/02\/neville_goodman-150x150.jpg","articleSection":["Metaphor watch"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/2016\/02\/02\/neville-goodmans-metaphor-watch-guns-and-needles\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/2016\/02\/02\/neville-goodmans-metaphor-watch-guns-and-needles\/","url":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/2016\/02\/02\/neville-goodmans-metaphor-watch-guns-and-needles\/","name":"Neville Goodman's Metaphor Watch: Guns and needles - The BMJ","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/2016\/02\/02\/neville-goodmans-metaphor-watch-guns-and-needles\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/2016\/02\/02\/neville-goodmans-metaphor-watch-guns-and-needles\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/files\/2015\/02\/neville_goodman-150x150.jpg","datePublished":"2016-02-02T09:30:31+00:00","dateModified":"2016-02-02T10:56:28+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/2016\/02\/02\/neville-goodmans-metaphor-watch-guns-and-needles\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/2016\/02\/02\/neville-goodmans-metaphor-watch-guns-and-needles\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/2016\/02\/02\/neville-goodmans-metaphor-watch-guns-and-needles\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/files\/2015\/02\/neville_goodman.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/files\/2015\/02\/neville_goodman.jpg","width":674,"height":759},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/2016\/02\/02\/neville-goodmans-metaphor-watch-guns-and-needles\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Neville Goodman&#8217;s Metaphor Watch: Guns and needles"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/#website","url":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/","name":"The BMJ","description":"Helping doctors make better decisions.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/#organization","name":"The BMJ","url":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/files\/2018\/05\/The-BMJ-logo.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/files\/2018\/05\/The-BMJ-logo.jpg","width":852,"height":568,"caption":"The BMJ"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bmjdotcom\/","https:\/\/x.com\/bmj_latest"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/#\/schema\/person\/ba3da426ed20e8f1d933ca367d8216fe","name":"BMJ","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b4d8f39281bcae118348a1c027347b8e53b82d42520e774a8b50dd9a6ac6c01d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b4d8f39281bcae118348a1c027347b8e53b82d42520e774a8b50dd9a6ac6c01d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b4d8f39281bcae118348a1c027347b8e53b82d42520e774a8b50dd9a6ac6c01d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"BMJ"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/"],"url":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36096","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36096"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36096\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36096"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}