The philosophy of evidence-based medicine

The philosophy of evidence-based medicine
Jeremy Howick, Jeremy Howick
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English
Pages
229

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The philosophy of evidence-based medicine
2011, Wiley-Blackwell, BMJ Books
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Table of 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.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Chichester, West Sussex, UK

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Dewey Decimal Class
610
Library of Congress
R723.7 .H693 2011, R723.7

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Pagination
xiv, 229 p. :
Number of pages
229

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL24881721M
ISBN 13
9781405196673
LCCN
2010047393
OCLC/WorldCat
680587238

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