Rationalism, Empiricism, and Evidence-Based Medicine: A Call for a New Galenic Synthesis

Thirty years after the rise of the evidence-based medicine (EBM) movement, formal training in philosophy remains poorly represented among medical students and their educators. In this paper, I argue that EBM’s reception in this context has resulted in a privileging of empiricism over ratio...

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Main Author: William M. Webb
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-04-01
Series:Medicines
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2305-6320/5/2/40