The philosophy of evidence-based medicine. (2011)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Jeremy Howick ; foreword by Paul Glasziou.
• Other Names: Howick, Jeremy
• Contents: 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.
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : BMJ Books
• Publication Date: 2011
• Extent: 1 online resource (248 pages)
• Subjects: 610; Evidence-based medicine; Medicine -- Philosophy; Evidence-Based Medicine; Philosophy, Medical
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781444342666
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