The philosophy of evidence-based medicine
What is EBM?
What is good evidence for a clinical decision?
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
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
Moving EBM forward.
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The philosophy of evidence-based medicine by Jeremy Howick. ISBN 9781405196673. Published by Wiley-Blackwell in 2011. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.
