Reason, reality and objectivity - Shared dogmas and distortions in the way both 'scientistic' and 'postmodern' commentators frame the EBM debate

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 665-671

  Loughlin, Michael ^a  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conceptual frameworks; EBM; Epistemology; Objectivity subjectivity; Philosophical commitment; Positivism; Postmodernism; Practical reason; Professional judgement; Scientism

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; EPISTEMOLOGY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; INTELLIGENCE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SCHOOL; PHILOSOPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BENCHMARKING; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL MEDICINE; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DISSENT AND DISPUTES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; LOGIC; PHILOSOPHY, MEDICAL; POSTMODERNISM; PREJUDICE; PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; SCIENCE; THINKING;

EID: 55349133842     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2008.01075.x     Document Type: Review

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