Hello Rowdy
Can I have a copy, please.
Arne Gerdner, professor
Department of Social Work
Mid Sweden University
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From: Therapeutic Communities [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Rowdy Yates
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Subject: [EFTC] New Article Published
The following article has just been published by Eric Broekaert and colleagues in the journal Psychiatric Quarterly:
'The Human Prerogative': A Critical Analysis of Evidence-Based and Other Paradigms of Care in Substance Abuse Treatment.
Broekaert E, Autrique M, Vanderplasschen W, Colpaert K.
Department of Orthopedagogics, Ghent University, Henri Dunantlaan 2, 9000, Ghent, Belgium, [log in to unmask]
Abstract
Present-day substance abuse treatment is characterized by a compelling demand for applying evidence-based interventions. Vehement discussions between policymakers, practitioners and researchers illustrate this clash of differing paradigms. The aim of this article is to situate evidence-based practice among the leading paradigms of care and to elucidate its implicit assumptions and potential implications. Evidence-based practice is inherent in the empirical-analytical paradigm of care and science, founded upon randomized and controlled studies. This paradigm is compared with the phenomenological-existential and the critical post-structural paradigm, which focus on elaborating the human potential and exploring individuals' subjective interpretations, and on criticizing social inequalities and striving for compliance with human rights, respectively. Evidence-based practice and the methodological rigidity in each paradigm are analyzed critically. We conclude that through the dialectical integration of these diverse approaches, evidence, existence/humanism and social emancipation can be combined for the benefit of the human prerogative of care.
Contact me off-list if you would like a samizdat copy.
Rowdy Yates
Senior Research Fellow
Scottish Addiction Studies
Dept. of Applied Social Science
University of Stirling
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