Heterogeneity
6 pieces tagged Heterogeneity.
The True Causal Effect
Philosophy of medicine helps medical scientists to clarify their thinking. A maladept phrase like 'the true causal effect' serves to show why we need it.
5 years: Hierarchies of Evidence in Evidence-Based Medicine
In the five years since the publication of Hierarchies of Evidence in Evidence-Based Medicine, what has changed and what lessons can philosophers learn?
The Dismal Disease: Temozolomide and the Interaction of Evidence
Evidence interacts. To understand the evidence base for an intervention we must look not only at individual studies, but the relationships between them.
UBL and Variation
I've argued that information about variation in treatment effects is vital for doctors, patients and regulators alike. This information does not come from RCTs. Nonetheless, we can acquire high-quality, compelling evidence of variation. The case studies I've presented in the...
Against "Effective Treatments"
I am agitating for philosophers of medicine and philosophically-minded clinicians to lead the charge against the term “effective treatment”. This phrase has become ubiquitous in the medical and philosophical literature. But it is a misguided choice which misleads the public...
Two Dogmas of Evidence Hierarchies
Hierarchies of evidence in Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM) come in many varieties and have been very influential in medical practice and policy since the late 1990s. However, two fundamental problematic assumptions underpin the use of hierarchies of any kind in clinical...