| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 202 pages) : illustrations |
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International perspectives in philosophy and psychiatry |
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International perspectives in philosophy and psychiatry.
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| Contents |
1. What does evidence have to do with ethics? -- 2. What is evidence-based medicine? -- 3. Values and evidence-based medicine: the debate -- 4. Psychiatry and evidence-based psychiatry -- 5. critique of evidence-based psychiatry -- 6. ethics of evidence-based medicine -- 7. Experts talk about ethics, evidence-based medicine, and psychiatry -- 8. Is evidence-based psychiatric practice ethical? -- 9. Conclusions |
| Summary |
Rated as one of the top 15 breakthroughs in medicine over the last 150 years, evidence-based medicine (EBM) has become highly influential in medicine. Put simply, EBM promotes a seemingly irrefutable, principle: that decision-making in medical practice should be based, as much as possible, on the most up-to-date research findings. EBM has been particularly popular within psychiatry, a field that is haunted by a legacy of controversial interventions. For advocates, anchoring_x000D_ psychiatric practice in research data makes psychiatry more scientific valid and ethically legitimate. Few, however, have questioned whether EBM, a concept pioneered by those working in other areas of medicine, can be applied to psychiatric disorders. _x000D_ _x000D_ In this groundbreaking book, the Canadian psychiatrist and ethicist Mona Gupta analyzes the basic assumptions of EBM, and critically examines their applicability to psychiatry. By highlighting the basic ethical tensions between psychiatry and EBM, the author addresses the fundamental and controversial question - should psychiatrists practice evidence-based medicine at all? |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Evidence-based psychiatry -- Moral and ethical aspects
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Psychiatry -- Moral and ethical aspects
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Psychiatry -- ethics
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Evidence-Based Medicine -- ethics
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General.
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MEDICAL -- Clinical Medicine.
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MEDICAL -- Diseases.
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MEDICAL -- Evidence-Based Medicine.
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MEDICAL -- Internal Medicine.
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Psychiatry -- Moral and ethical aspects
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780191028304 |
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0191028304 |
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