Evidence Based Medicine - What It Should Be, but Is Not : A Non-Systematic Review on How We Ended up Tyrannized.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ru, A. de.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Evidence-based medicine.

Methodology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (97 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Kugler Publications, 2024.

Summary:

This book critically examines the principles and application of Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM), highlighting its evolution, strengths, and shortcomings. Through a detailed analysis, the author explores the philosophical and practical challenges of EBM, emphasizing how its current implementation often deviates from its intended purpose. The book discusses the hierarchy of evidence, the limitations of randomized controlled trials (RCTs), and the balance between public health priorities and individual patient care. Designed for medical professionals, researchers, and policymakers, it advocates for a more nuanced and balanced integration of evidence into clinical practice, moving beyond the rigid frameworks that dominate contemporary medical decision-making. Generated by AI.

Contents:

Disclaimer

References

EBM; what it should be, but is not

Conclusions

1. What is evidence?

2. Uncertainty

3. Epidemiology

4. Outcomes Movement

5. EBM

6. EBM, a nicely framed concept

7. EBM not a new paradigm

8. Criticisms of EBM

9. EBM and medical practice, what they are and are not

10. Applying evidence

11. Ever changing meaning and explanation of the concept

12. EBM has never been tested in the way it should have been

13. What does a doctor-patient relation look like?

14. Public Health versus individual care

15. A hierarchy of evidence does not exist

16. Research and practice

17. Reasoning about evidence

18. Not everything can, must, or will be studied

19. Only looking at RCTs will not work

20. Proper use

21. Misuse

22. How it should be?

Acknowledgments

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ISBN:

90-6299-945-X

OCLC:

1485723463