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Slowther, Anne, Ford, S and Schofield, T (2004) Ethics of evidence based medicine in the primary care setting. Journal of Medical Ethics, 30 (2). pp. 151-155. doi:10.1136/jme.2003.003434 ISSN 0306-6800.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jme.2003.003434
Abstract
Evidence based medicine has had an increasing impact on primary care over the last few years. In the UK it has influenced the development of guidelines and quality standards for clinical practice and the allocation of resources for drug treatments and other interventions. It has informed the thinking around patient involvement in decision making with the concept of evidence based patient choice. There are, however, concerns among primary care clinicians that evidence based medicine is not always relevant to primary care and that undue emphasis placed on it can lead to conflict with a clinician's duty of care and respect for patient autonomy. In this paper we consider the impact of evidence based medicine on primary care, and the ethical implications of its increasing prominence for clinicians and managers in primary care.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences > Social Science & Systems in Health (SSSH) Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School |
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Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Medical Ethics | ||||||
Publisher: | BMJ Group | ||||||
ISSN: | 0306-6800 | ||||||
Official Date: | April 2004 | ||||||
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Volume: | 30 | ||||||
Number: | 2 | ||||||
Page Range: | pp. 151-155 | ||||||
DOI: | 10.1136/jme.2003.003434 | ||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||||
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