hli logo
Image from Coce

The philosophy of evidence-based medicine Jeremy Howick

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: BMJ booksPublication details: Chichester Wiley-Blackwell, BMJ Books 2011Description: xiv, 229 p ill 22 cmISBN:
  • 9781405196673
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 616.0076
Contents:
Part I: Introduction -- The philosophy of evidence-based medicine -- What is EBM? -- What is good evidence for a clinical decision? -- Part II: Do randomization, double masking, and placebo controls rule out more confounding factors than their alternatives? -- 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 -- Part III: 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 -- Part IV: Conclusions -- Moving EBM forward.
Item type:
Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.
Star ratings
    Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)
Holdings
Item type Current library Home library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
4 Week Loan University Hospital Waterford University Hospital Waterford Open Shelves 616.0076 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 034007
Total holds: 0

Includes bibliographical references and index

Part I: Introduction -- The philosophy of evidence-based medicine -- What is EBM? -- What is good evidence for a clinical decision? -- Part II: Do randomization, double masking, and placebo controls rule out more confounding factors than their alternatives? -- 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 -- Part III: 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 -- Part IV: Conclusions -- Moving EBM forward.

2

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.