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Home > Evidence Based Medicine > Opposing Views
Opposing Views
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| A philosophical analysis of the evidence-based medicine debate
A review of criticisms of EBM as being founded on a lack of clarity and precision by EBM's own proponents. [PDF] (July 21, 2003)
http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/1472-6963-3-14.pdf
| Deconstructing the evidence-based discourse in health sciences: truth, power and fascism
The article that initiated the critical controversy surrounding the claim that EBM represents an exclusionary 'regime of power'. [PDF] (April 1, 2006)
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/Pharmacology/dc-bits/holmes-deconstruction-ebhc-06.pdf
| Does "Evidence-Based Medicine" Diminish the Physician's Role?
A roundtable discussion of whether EBM is 'microfascism', as recently charged by a former NIH director and others. Published: 01/05/07. [Requires registration.]
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/549329_print
| Evidence-Based Medicine in the Intensive Care Unit: A Debate
Pro and con viewpoints on the question of whether EBM erodes the doctor-patient relationship and adversely affects the artistic and creative aspects of medicine. From conference held March 18 - 21, 2003. [Requires registration.]
http://doctor.medscape.com/viewarticle/455749
| False dichotomies: EBM, clinical freedom, and the art of medicine
A critical evaluation of the oft-cited criticism of evidence-based medicine as constraining clinical freedom and potentially compromising patient welfare. Published: 03/01/05. [Requires registration.]
http://mh.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/31/1/23
| Is Evidence-Based Medicine Relevant to the Developing World?
Argues and discusses the reasons for the limited relevance of systematic reviews to frontline health care workers in developing countries. (May 31, 2005)
http://medicine.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=get-document&doi=10.1371/journal.pmed.0020107
| The pragmatic randomised controlled trial
A critique of conventional randomized controlled trials methodology, and an attempt to incorporate more complex interventions via a new 'pragmatic RCT'. (August 1, 2002)
http://apt.rcpsych.org/cgi/content/full/8/5/326
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