Evidence-Based Medicine in the Intensive Care Unit: A Debate - http://doctor.medscape.com/viewarticle/455749
Pro and con viewpoints on the question of whether EBM erodes the doctor-patient relationship and adversely affects the artistic and creative aspects of medicine. From conference held March 18 - 21, 2003. [Requires registration.] |
Evidence-based medicine: a commentary on common criticisms - http://www.cmaj.ca/cgi/content/full/163/7/837
Review of the most commonly leveled charges against, and misperceptions about, evidence-based medicine, with proposed solutions to real limitations. |
False dichotomies: EBM, clinical freedom, and the art of medicine - http://mh.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/31/1/23
A critical evaluation of the oft-cited criticism of evidence-based medicine as constraining clinical freedom and potentially compromising patient welfare. Published: 03/01/05. [Requires registration.] |
Is Evidence-Based Medicine Relevant to the Developing World? - http://medicine.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=get-document&doi=10.1371/journal.pmed.0020107
Argues and discusses the reasons for the limited relevance of systematic reviews to frontline health care workers in developing countries. |
Point: Evidence-Based Medicine Has a Sound Scientific Base - http://www.chestjournal.org/content/133/5/1067.full.html
A defense of evidence-based medicine as an evolving and highly individualized, patient-centered approach to clinical decision making. Part of a Point/Counterpoint exchange on EBM from the Chest journal. |
The case against 'the evidence': a different perspective on evidence-based medicine - http://bjp.rcpsych.org/cgi/content/full/180/1/8?maxtoshow=&HITS=10&hits=10&RESULTFORMAT=&andorexactfulltext=and&searchid=1127920476751_4679&stored_search=&FIRSTINDEX=0&sortspec=relevance&volume=180&firstpage=8&resourcetype=1
A psychiatrist's critique that over-emphasis on evidence-based medicine oversimplifies the complex and interpersonal nature of clinical care. |
The pragmatic randomised controlled trial - http://apt.rcpsych.org/cgi/content/full/8/5/326
A critique of conventional randomized controlled trials methodology, and an attempt to incorporate more complex interventions via a new 'pragmatic RCT'. |
Why Evidence-Based Medicine Cannot Be Applied to Psychiatry - http://www.psychiatrictimes.com/display/article/10168/1153248?pageNumber=1
Argues that there is insufficient proof that the EBM model can be adapted to fit psychiatry. (April 1, 2008). |