On What Evidence? (Original PDF from Publisher)

On What Evidence? (Original PDF from Publisher)

by Robyn Bluhm, Mark Tonelli

On What Evidence? addresses a key challenge in evidence-based medicine: integrating clinical research with physician expertise and patient values. While clinical trials provide crucial knowledge, they cannot alone dictate care for individual patients. This book explores how clinicians gain and demonstrate expertise, what kinds of medical knowledge are valid, and how patient-specific information should inform decisions.

Combining real-world practice with theoretical insight, it advocates a case-based approach to clinical decision-making that embraces a broad, non-hierarchical view of medical knowledge, offering guidance on how to apply evidence thoughtfully and effectively in patient care.