Extending evidence-based medicine

Extending evidence-based medicine

Edited by: Prof Trisha Greenhalgh


The science of evidence-based medicine (EBM) is more than 20 years old. Unsurprisingly the movement has produced both an established orthodoxy and dissenting voices. This series of papers, whose authors include both ‘orthodox’ and ‘dissenting’ perspectives, considers how EBM might be extended beyond the epidemiological focus of its founding fathers. We invite comments from readers and anticipate that this series will provoke an important contemporary debate on what EBM is and what it should become.

Collection published: 1 September 2015

Last updated: 12 October 2015

	Debate   The importance of values in evidence-based medicine Michael Kelly, Iona Heath, Jeremy Howick, Trisha Greenhalgh BMC Medical Ethics 2015, 16:69 (12 October 2015) Abstract | Full text | PDF | PubMed
	Review   Randomised trials in context: practical problems and social aspects of evidence-based medicine and policy Warren Pearce, Sujatha Raman, Andrew Turner Trials 2015, 16:394 (1 September 2015) Abstract | Full text | PDF | PubMed |  Editor’s summary
	Debate   Six ‘biases’ against patients and carers in evidence-based medicine Trisha Greenhalgh, Rosamund Snow, Sara Ryan, Sian Rees, Helen Salisbury BMC Medicine 2015, 13:200 (1 September 2015) Abstract | Full text | PDF | PubMed | 1 comment |  Editor’s summary
	Opinion   Trustworthy guidelines – excellent; customized care tools – even better Glyn Elwyn, Casey Quinlan, Albert Mulley, Thomas Agoritsas, Per Vandvik, Gordon Guyatt BMC Medicine 2015, 13:199 (1 September 2015) Abstract | Full text | PDF | PubMed |  Editor’s summary  http://www.biomedcentral.com/series/ExtendingEBM