The philosophy of evidence-based medicine /
Howick, Jeremy,
The philosophy of evidence-based medicine / Jeremy Howick ; foreword by Paul Glasziou. - xiv, 229 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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.
140519667X 9781405196673
2010047393
Evidence-based medicine.
Medicine--Philosophy.
Philosophy, Medical
R723.7 / .H693 2011
610
The philosophy of evidence-based medicine / Jeremy Howick ; foreword by Paul Glasziou. - xiv, 229 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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.
140519667X 9781405196673
2010047393
Evidence-based medicine.
Medicine--Philosophy.
Philosophy, Medical
R723.7 / .H693 2011
610