The Philosophy of Evidence-Based Medicine: current state and future directions

By all accounts EBM is a dominant paradigm within medicine, and it has spread to other disciplines as well. Paradoxically, evidence (as defined by the EBM movement) for the health benefits of EBM has proven elusive. In this session we examine the reasons for the failure of EBM to
justify itself and discuss future directions for the future of the Philosophy of Evidence-Based Medicine.

Core reading: Every-Palmer S, Howick J (2014). How Evidence-Based Medicine is failing due to biased trials and selective publication. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice 20(6): 908-14. doi:10.1111/jep.12147.

Date: 1 December 2015, 16:30
Venue:
All Souls College
High Street OX1 4AL
See location on maps.ox

Details: Hovenden Room
Speakers: Professor Alexander Bird (Faculty of Philosophy, University of Oxford), Dr Jeremy Howick (Nuffield Dept. of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford.)
Organising department: Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences
Organiser contact email address: jeremy.howick@phc.ox.ac.uk
Part of: Topics in the philosophy of medicine
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Booking required?: Not required
Audience: Members of the University only
Editor: Dan Richards-Doran