Web Directory

» A categorization and analysis of the criticisms of Evidence-Based Medicine
   An examination and assessment of a decade of criticisms of EBM.
   http://medir.ohsu.edu/~cohenaa/Criticisms-of-EBM-20031103c.pdf

» A philosophical analysis of the evidence-based medicine debate
   A review of criticisms of EBM as being founded on a lack of clarity and precision by EBM's own proponents.
   http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/1472-6963-3-14.pdf

» Counterpoint: Evidence-Based Medicine Lacks a Sound Scientific Base
   A critique of evidence-based medicine, especially its EBM-grading construct, as scientifically unsound. Part of a Point/Counterpoint exchange on EBM from the Chest journal.
   http://www.chestjournal.org/content/133/5/1071.full

» Criticisms of evidence-based medicine
   Brief review of five major types of criticisms of EBM.
   http://skynet.ohsu.edu/~hersh/ebcm-04-ebm.pdf

» Deconstructing the evidence-based discourse in health sciences: truth, power and fascism
   The article that initiated the critical controversy surrounding the claim that EBM represents an exclusionary "regime of power".
   http://www.ucl.ac.uk/Pharmacology/dc-bits/holmes-deconstruction-ebhc-06.pdf

» Evidence-Based Medicine in the Intensive Care Unit: A Debate
   Pro and con viewpoints on the question of whether EBM erodes the doctor-patient relationship and adversely affects the artistic and creative aspects of medicine. From conference held March 18 - 21, 2003. [Requires registration.]
   http://doctor.medscape.com/viewarticle/455749

» Evidence-based medicine: a commentary on common criticisms
   Review of the most commonly leveled charges against, and misperceptions about, evidence-based medicine, with proposed solutions to real limitations.
   http://www.cmaj.ca/cgi/content/full/163/7/837

» False dichotomies: EBM, clinical freedom, and the art of medicine
   A critical evaluation of the oft-cited criticism of evidence-based medicine as constraining clinical freedom and potentially compromising patient welfare. Published: 03/01/05. [Requires registration.]
   http://mh.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/31/1/23

» Is Evidence-Based Medicine Relevant to the Developing World?
   Argues and discusses the reasons for the limited relevance of systematic reviews to frontline health care workers in developing countries.
   http://medicine.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=get-document&doi=10.1371/journal.pmed.0020107

» Point: Evidence-Based Medicine Has a Sound Scientific Base
   A defense of evidence-based medicine as an evolving and highly individualized, patient-centered approach to clinical decision making. Part of a Point/Counterpoint exchange on EBM from the Chest journal.
   http://www.chestjournal.org/content/133/5/1067.full.html

» The case against 'the evidence': a different perspective on evidence-based medicine
   A psychiatrist's critique that over-emphasis on evidence-based medicine oversimplifies the complex and interpersonal nature of clinical care.
   http://bjp.rcpsych.org/cgi/content/full/180/1/8?maxtoshow=&HITS=10&hits=10&RESULTFORMAT=&andorexactfulltext=and&searchid=1127920476751_4679&stored_search=&FIRSTINDEX=0&sortspec=relevance&volume=180&firstpage=8&r

» The pragmatic randomised controlled trial
   A critique of conventional randomized controlled trials methodology, and an attempt to incorporate more complex interventions via a new 'pragmatic RCT'.
   http://apt.rcpsych.org/cgi/content/full/8/5/326

» Why Evidence-Based Medicine Cannot Be Applied to Psychiatry
   Argues that there is insufficient proof that the EBM model can be adapted to fit psychiatry. (April 1, 2008).
   http://www.psychiatrictimes.com/display/article/10168/1153248?pageNumber=1