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

This open access 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. The claims that EBM can herald a new theory of epistemology and a Kuhnian paradigm will be refuted. The solution is to describe EBM as a necessary development in medicine to deal with the increasing amount of evidence and medical data without loosing the single patient out of sight.

List of contents

The methodology of evidence-based research.- Informed consent and shared decision making in EBM (Evidence-based medicine).- Knowledge does not equal evidence - what to do with what we have evidence for?.- Homeopathy - a case in point why EBM is so important - or "the plural of anecdote is not data." .

About the author

M.-C. Schulte has studied philosophy and history in the US and finished her MSc in philoso-phy and history of science at LSE. She did her PhD in philosophy of science, focus on medi-cine, at Hamburg University. She works freelance in an advisory capacity for NGOs working in the medical field and writes articles in her area of expertise.

Product details

• Authors: Marie-Caroline Schulte
• Publisher: J.B. Metzler
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.09.2020
• EAN: 9783476057051
• ISBN: 978-3-476-05705-1
• No. of pages: 148
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 10 mm x 212 mm
• Illustrations: IX, 148 p. 1 illus.
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works