Why reading the title isn’t good enough
An evaluation of the 4S approach to evidence-based medicine
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 17814220 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kirstin Borgerson (0000-0002-9043-8801, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 152-175 |
| Publication date | 2009-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1937-4577 • E-ISSN: 1937-4585 |
| Publisher | University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.3138/ijfab.2.2.152 |
| OpenAlex | W4251411041 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
Proponents of evidence-based medicine (EBM) have recently suggested a “4S” approach to clinical decision making in which physicians are advised to rely on increasingly abstract summaries of the available research evidence. This retreat from the original data of medical research is ill-advised: it extends an unjustified evidence hierarchy, overestimates the role of computer systems, divides communities, discards evidence, ignores contexts, and devalues broad critical evaluation. I draw upon feminist social epistemology to evaluate the 4S approach to EBM and to suggest means for improving the evidence base of medical research and practice
Alternative medicine · Epistemology · Evidence-based medicine · Hierarchy · Medical education · Political science · Health Policy Implementation Science · Health Sciences Research and Education · Law · Medicine · Philosophy · Psychology
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,2 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2021 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |