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What Evidence in Evidence-Based Medicine?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2022

John Worrall
John Worrall*
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London School of Economics
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Abstract

Evidence-Based Medicine is a relatively new movement that seeks to put clinical medicine on a firmer scientific footing. I take it as uncontroversial that medical practice should be based on best evidence—the interesting questions concern the details. This paper tries to move towards a coherent and unified account of best evidence in medicine, by exploring in particular the EBM position on RCTs (randomized controlled trials).

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Philosophy of Science , Volume 69 , Issue S3 , September 2002 , pp. S316 - S330
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Copyright © The Philosophy of Science Association

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