Ethics and Evidence-Based Medicine
Subtitle: Fallibility and Responsibility in Clinical Science
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: December 23, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 180
ISBN-13: 9780521796538
Subjects: Epidemiology & medical statistics; Medical ethics; Philosophy of science; Medical / Nursing; Medical; Ethics; Public Health; Medical / Ethics; Medical : Public Health; Evidence-based medicine
First sentence: This chapter will locate systematic science and evidence-based medicine against the background of biomedical research in the second half of the twentieth century.
Description: The growth of evidence-based medicine has occurred against a backdrop of health care reform, managed care, cost containment, and quality improvement. Clinicians have been urged to adopt the rigors of science while remaining true to their 'clinical judgment'. This incisive book reviews the history and conceptual origins of evidence-based practice and discusses key ethical issues that arise in clinical practice, public health, and health policy.