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Evidence-Based Medicine - A Paradigm Ready To Be Challenged? How Scientific Evidence Shapes Our Understanding And Use Of Medicine

Publication year: 2020

ISBN: 978-3-476-05703-7

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This book aims to clarify the term „evidence-based medicine“ (EBM) from a philosophy of science perspective. The author, Marie-Caroline Schulte discusses the importance of evi-dence in medical research and practice with a focus on the ethical and methodological prob-lems of EBM.


Subject: J.B. Metzler Humanities (German Language) / Philosophy of Science / Medicine / Public Health, general / Philosophy of medicine / Hahnemann Edzard Ernst / Jeremy Howick / Thomas Kuhn / Homeopathy / Epistemology / Informed consent / ECMO / Tuskegee / Placebo / Bench to bedside / External validity / Randomised controlled trials / Evidence-based medicine