The Philosophy of Evidence-Based Medicine
by Howick, Jeremy.
Published by : Wiley-Blackwell/BMJ Books, (Chichester, West Sussex, UK :) Physical details: xiv, 229 p. : ill. ISBN:9781405196673 (pbk.); 9781444342659 (ePDF); 9781444342673 (Wiley Online Library); 9781444342666 (ePub). Year: 2011
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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