Evidence-Based Medicine and Patient-Centred Care
Proponents of Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM) argue that EBM’s approach to medicine promotes good clinical decisions while it escapes adverse issues such as implicit bias. However, EBM approaches the causation of diseases from a homogenous standpoint; that is, EBM overgeneralises evidence and the int...
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2023-02-01
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Proponents of Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM) argue that EBM’s approach to medicine promotes good clinical decisions while it escapes adverse issues such as implicit bias. However, EBM approaches the causation of diseases from a homogenous standpoint; that is, EBM overgeneralises evidence and the intervention measures it provides. As a result, proponents of Patient-Centred Care (PCC) allude that the strictness of EBM towards evidence impairs it from considering case-by-case treatment of patients but a generalised method of intervention. Given this problem, I argue that EBM cannot be considered a medical approach to practising medicine and conducting medical research that is in the best interest of individual patients, especially patients that prefer alternative interventions other than the methods of EBM. I conclude by drawing from the best features of EBM and PCC to create an alternative that accommodates the interests of both EBM and PCC patients.
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| spelling | doaj.art-ac7c2f9f3649487c9e6dfde18d8ce5412023-04-05T15:14:14ZporSociedade Hegel BrasileiraRevista Opinião Filosófica2178-11762023-02-011410.36592/opiniaofilosofica.v14.1072Evidence-Based Medicine and Patient-Centred CareEdmund Terem Ugar0University of Johannesburg Proponents of Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM) argue that EBM’s approach to medicine promotes good clinical decisions while it escapes adverse issues such as implicit bias. However, EBM approaches the causation of diseases from a homogenous standpoint; that is, EBM overgeneralises evidence and the intervention measures it provides. As a result, proponents of Patient-Centred Care (PCC) allude that the strictness of EBM towards evidence impairs it from considering case-by-case treatment of patients but a generalised method of intervention. Given this problem, I argue that EBM cannot be considered a medical approach to practising medicine and conducting medical research that is in the best interest of individual patients, especially patients that prefer alternative interventions other than the methods of EBM. I conclude by drawing from the best features of EBM and PCC to create an alternative that accommodates the interests of both EBM and PCC patients. https://opiniaofilosofica.org/index.php/opiniaofilosofica/article/view/1072MedicinePatient’s InterestMedical DiagnosisDiseasesEvidence-Based Medicine |
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| title_fullStr | Evidence-Based Medicine and Patient-Centred Care |
| title_full_unstemmed | Evidence-Based Medicine and Patient-Centred Care |
| title_short | Evidence-Based Medicine and Patient-Centred Care |
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| topic | Medicine Patient’s Interest Medical Diagnosis Diseases Evidence-Based Medicine |
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