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Medicina Narrativa (NBM) e tecnologie digitali: sintesi della giornata
Giovedì 16 marzo si è tenuto a Terni, presso la Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia, il Convegno “Medicina Narrativa e tecnologie digitali”. Continua a leggere →
Le storie dei pazienti e la tecnologia digitale: come cambia la cura e il prendersi cura
Il 9 Giugno a Trento un approfondimento intorno alla “medicina narrativa” Continua a leggere →
The Trouble With Evidence-Based Medicine, the ‘Brand’
It seems as though it’s not enough to just advocate for an improvement to medical practice. People want to entirely “re-brand” medicine instead. As though one facet of practice can define the whole. In the case of evidence-based medicine — “EBM” — the claim of the brand has always been a bit overblown.
Don’t get me wrong: I’m enthusiastic about evidence, and think strong evidence is invaluable for medicine. But the EBM movement and brand – that’s more complicated.
Social movements can be valuable. Like-minded people establishing organizations and forming loose communities can really spread ideas and influence. I always seem to be in one or another. There are risks, though, even when the core idea is beneficial. Movements develop self-interests. It’s hard to keep them from drifting into collision with the public interest. The EBM movement hasn’t avoided that. continua a leggere
Articolo di Hilda Bastian su MedPageToday