Kategorier
Tidsskriftsartikkel

Medical scientists and philosophers worldwide appeal to EBM to expand the notion of ‘evidence’

Anna Luise Kirkengen og Linn Getz fra AFE Trondheim har sammen med et nettverk av 42 leger og filosofer, bidratt til et opprop om «evidens» som er publisert i BMJ.

«The rapid dominance of evidence-based medicine has sparked a philosophical debate concerning the concept of evidence. We urge that evidence-based medicine, if it is to be practised in accordance with its own mandate, should also acknowledge the importance of understanding causal mechanisms. The undersigned include 42 clinicians and philosophers from interdisciplinary research networks working specifically on questions related to causation in medicine worldwide»