The Fallacy of Quantification
OK. So we’ve established that quantification is the central support of the Evidence-based Medicine enterprise. And that it is the sine qua non of EBM. So what? What’s wrong with […]
OK. So we’ve established that quantification is the central support of the Evidence-based Medicine enterprise. And that it is the sine qua non of EBM. So what? What’s wrong with […]
As I’ve indicated at several places throughout this website, there is a central assumption at the heart of Evidence Based Medicine which leads to many of the problems with modern […]
The examples above are by no means exhaustive and anyone who is familiar with modern medical literature will appreciate that such findings are not the exception, but rather the norm. […]
Although there are many ways to screen for colorectal cancer, Colonoscopy is undoubtedly the gold standard. However, it has its drawbacks insofar as it is expensive and associated with small, […]
Fistula-in-Ano is a common anorectal disorder, involving an abnormal communication from the anal canal to the skin around the anus. Fistulae around the anus have a storied history, […]
You may be inclined to think that problems in Clinical research are not the domain of Evidence-based Medicine, since EBM is just a series of techniques for evaluating the quality […]
If, as I mentioned in the previous section EBM and Geocentism, Evidence-based medicine is based on a fundamental misconception, a misleading assumption, then one of the consequences is that we […]
In 2010, there was a very interesting study published in the New England Journal Of Medicine comparing Chlorhexidine-Alcohol with Povidone-Iodine for surgical site infections. The background to this study is […]
There is a somewhat apocryphal anecdote about the philosopher, Ludwig Wittgenstein, that tells of him walking around Cambridge and asking passersby the question: “Tell me, why for so long did people […]
If you search “Evidence-Based Medicine” on Amazon.com, you will get 17000 hits (as of early 2015). You will find everything from Evidence-Based Cardiology and Critical Care to Evidence-Based Palliative Care and […]