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- Title
A Re-Consideration of What Constitutes "Evidence" in the Healthcare Professions.
- Authors
Pearson, Alan; Wiechula, Rick; Court, Anthea; Lockwood, Craig
- Abstract
The dominant discourses surrounding the debate on evidence-based healthcare takes for granted that the concept evidence is exclusively derived from randomized controlled trials. However, influenced by the experience of practicing clinicians, who assert that there are diverse sources of evidence, we contend that evidence-based practice can properly be inclusive of diverse forms of evidence including the results of all forms of rigorous research, expert opinion, and expe rience. The Joanna Briggs Institute model illustrates this broader definition of what counts as evidence which is seen as critical to developing the role and use of evidence-based healthcare within the complexity of practice settings globally.
- Subjects
EVIDENCE-based medicine; MEDICAL care; RESEARCH; RANDOMIZED controlled trials; ASSOCIATIONS, institutions, etc.
- Publication
Nursing Science Quarterly, 2007, Vol 20, Issue 1, p85
- ISSN
0894-3184
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/0894318406296306