Ethics, philosophy, and evidence based medicine

The editors of the symposium hope it will provide a balanced appraisal of evidence based medicine. This symposium is devoted to evidence based medicine (EBM) and the ethical issues it raises. Since Sir Archie Cochrane’s seminal Nuffield Provincial Hospitals Trust lectures in 1972 and their publicati...

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Authors: Ashcroft, R. (Author) ; ter Meulen, R. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: BMJ Publ. 2004
In: Journal of medical ethics
Year: 2004, Volume: 30, Issue: 2, Pages: 119
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Summary:The editors of the symposium hope it will provide a balanced appraisal of evidence based medicine. This symposium is devoted to evidence based medicine (EBM) and the ethical issues it raises. Since Sir Archie Cochrane’s seminal Nuffield Provincial Hospitals Trust lectures in 1972 and their publication as the Rock Carling monograph for that year, Effectiveness and Efficiency: Random Reflections on Health Services, the idea that medical interventions and health services should be evaluated and selected on the basis of the most reliable evidence available for their effectiveness and cost effectiveness has become very widely accepted.1,2 This widespread acceptance has not been complete, and it sometimes seems that there are as many critics of EBM as advocates. Whereas the importance of randomised trial evidence, critical appraisal, meta-analysis, and systematic review …
ISSN:1473-4257
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal of medical ethics
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1136/jme.2003.007286