Journal article
Argumentation and Evidence
Abstract
This essay explores the role of informal logicand its application in the context of currentdebates regarding evidence-based medicine. This aim is achieved through a discussion ofthe goals and objectives of evidence-basedmedicine and a review of the criticisms raisedagainst evidence-based medicine. Thecontributions to informal logic by StephenToulmin and Douglas Walton are explicated andtheir relevance for evidence-based medicine isdiscussed in …
Authors
Upshur REG; Colak E
Journal
Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics, Vol. 24, No. 4, pp. 283–299
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
July 2003
DOI
10.1023/a:1026006801902
ISSN
1386-7415