The Philosophy of Evidence-Based Medicine
Wiley-Blackwell, Bmj Books (2011)
| Abstract | The philosophy of evidence-based medicine -- What is EBM? -- What is good evidence for a clinical decision? -- Ruling out plausible rival hypotheses and confounding factors : a method -- Resolving the paradox of effectiveness : when do observational studies offer the same degree of evidential support as randomized trials? -- Questioning double blinding as a universal methodological virtue of clinical trials : resolving the Philip's paradox -- Placebo controls : problematic and misleading baseline measures of effectiveness -- Questioning the methodological superiority of "placebo" over "active" controlled trials -- Examining the paradox that traditional roles for mechanistic reasoning and expert -- Judgment have been up-ended by EBM -- A qualified defence of the EBM stance on mechanistic reasoning -- Knowledge that versus knowledge how : situating the EBM position on expert clinical judgment -- Moving EBM forward. | |||||||||
| Keywords | Evidence-Based Medicine Philosophy, Medical | |||||||||
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| Call number | R723.7.H693 2011 | |||||||||
| ISBN(s) | 140519667X 9781405196673 1444342665 9781444342666 | |||||||||
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