Chapter
Can Evidence-Based Medicine and Personalized Medicine Coexist?
Abstract
Evidence-based medicine (EBM) is a philosophy of healthcare that aims to ensure that healthcare interventions are applied based on the best available evidence, combined with clinical expertise and patient values [1]. This is in contrast to the philosophy of “eminence-based” medicine, which is characterized by a paternalistic view that expert clinicians know what is best for their patients by virtue of their clinical experience. The term EBM was …
Authors
Madden K; Bhandari M
Book title
Personalized Hip and Knee Joint Replacement
Pagination
pp. 1-5
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
2020
DOI
10.1007/978-3-030-24243-5_1