TY - JOUR
T1 - Misunderstandings, misperceptions, and mistakes
AU - Straus, Sharon
AU - Haynes, Brian
AU - Glasziou, Paul
AU - Dickersin, Kay
AU - Guyatt, Gordon
PY - 2007/2
Y1 - 2007/2
N2 - Discussions about evidence-based medicine (EBM) have engendered both positive and negative reactions from clinicians, researchers, and policymakers since the term was first coined in the early 1990s. These discussions were brought to the forefront again in a recent commentary by Dr Bernadine Healy, former director of National Institutes of Health, in U.S. News & World Report. She raised several issues that EBM practitioners and teachers face when advocating this model of care. Firstly, she stated that EBM practitioners advocate using the “best” evidence which is mostly taken from randomised trials and cost benefit studies. Secondly, she raised the issues of the interpretation of evidence for screening mammography and prostate specific antigen as examples where EBM has failed because EBM proponents did not advocate for these tests based on the available evidence. Thirdly, she likened the practice of EBM to a “straitjacket” or a cookbook approach in which both clinician judgement and patient values and circumstances are ignored.
AB - Discussions about evidence-based medicine (EBM) have engendered both positive and negative reactions from clinicians, researchers, and policymakers since the term was first coined in the early 1990s. These discussions were brought to the forefront again in a recent commentary by Dr Bernadine Healy, former director of National Institutes of Health, in U.S. News & World Report. She raised several issues that EBM practitioners and teachers face when advocating this model of care. Firstly, she stated that EBM practitioners advocate using the “best” evidence which is mostly taken from randomised trials and cost benefit studies. Secondly, she raised the issues of the interpretation of evidence for screening mammography and prostate specific antigen as examples where EBM has failed because EBM proponents did not advocate for these tests based on the available evidence. Thirdly, she likened the practice of EBM to a “straitjacket” or a cookbook approach in which both clinician judgement and patient values and circumstances are ignored.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=33846915530&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1136/ebm.12.1.2-a
DO - 10.1136/ebm.12.1.2-a
M3 - Comment/debate/opinion
C2 - 17264255
AN - SCOPUS:33846915530
SN - 1356-5524
VL - 12
SP - 2
EP - 3
JO - Evidence-Based Medicine
JF - Evidence-Based Medicine
IS - 1
ER -