ABSTRACT
Evidence-based medicine is defined as the conscientious explicit and judicious use of current best evidence in making decisions about the care of individual patients. This superb collection will take a critical view of this concept and examine the economic implications of its imposition.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 8|18 pages
Decision analysis, evidence-based medicine and medical education
A case study in the diffusion of innovation within academic medicine
chapter 9|17 pages
Randomised controlled trials in drug policies
Can the best be the enemy of the good?
