I agree that "medicine" is problematic.
Especially physicians need to make it as clear as possible that
effective healthcare really is a team sport.
Jim
James M. Walker, MD, FACP
Chief Health Information Officer
Geisinger Health System
If the human mind was simple enough to understand, we'd be too simple
to understand it.
- Emerson Pugh
>>> Steve Simon <[log in to unmask]> 1/10/2009 9:36 AM >>>
Djulbegovic, Benjamin wrote:
> On several occasions I have been told by those who teach EBM in
> non-English speaking countries that there is no adequate translation
of
> term *evidence-based medicine*. EBM is typically translated as
> *fact-based medicine* or *proof-based medicine*. Since this
is very much
> international discussion group, I wonder if those colleagues who work
in
> non-English speaking countries may comment on linguistic meaning (and
> translation) of EBM in their languages. This may shed some light on
> ongoing epistemological discussion*.
While I can't comment on non-English speaking countries, I would note
an
interesting commentary by Robert Carroll, author of the Skeptic's
Dictionary and the skepdic.com website on possibly changing "evidence
based medicine" to "science based medicine."
http://www.skepdic.com/skeptimedia/skeptimedia28.html
For what it's worth, I've been told that the word that is problematic
is
"medicine" because it gives the impression that only MDs can use
evidence or that other areas of health care don't need evidence. I get
annoyed at comments like this, but I did change to "Evidence Based
Practice" for one of my talks to try to be more inclusive. If I was
doing it today, I would probably say "evidence based health care".
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