Consequences of the Argument
You might be wondering whether I am suggesting that all the quantitative research that has gone before is useless? That the massive industry of investigative clinical research has accomplished nothing? […]
You might be wondering whether I am suggesting that all the quantitative research that has gone before is useless? That the massive industry of investigative clinical research has accomplished nothing? […]
Before responding to questions and objections, let me summarize my argument here. I have argued that the entire edifice of Evidence-Based Medicine is premised on what I call the “fallacy […]
It might be pointed out that my critique of Evidence-Based Medicine is actually a straw man argument, insofar as EBM just represents an approach to evaluating and interpreting clinical research. […]
Over the years I have been deeply influenced by many thinkers in my critique of Evidence-Based Medicine.There is, in fact, a sizeable body of literature critical of EBM. And no doubt, […]
Even if you concede that there might be some merit to the argument here, what about bias and research. One of the key aspects of EBM is to detect bias […]
What about all the examples of research which appear to lead to better patient care? What about a trial like NSABP-06 which has changed the way we treat breast cancer? […]
If Evidence-Based Medicine is as flawed and problematic as I’ve argued, then what do I propose? What does this mean for Medicine and clinical research going forward? If not EBM, […]
It is worth pointing out as well that this process of quantification extends well beyond just clinical research. It is pervasive in modern life. We quantify the quality of movies, […]
There are a great many reasons why we quantify things in medicine and life. It allows us to measure things numerically and perform mathematical manipulation of the results It (appears […]
There is an old saying that 86% of all statistics are made up on the spot. And there is the famous Churchill quip that there are lies, damn lies..and […]