Essays on Evidence Based Medicine

The healthcare controversies that could be expected to develop in the future include emergence of ethical issues, the large percentage of population remaining uninsured, as well as rights of the patients as healthcare consumers. For instance, in the emergence of ethical issues, it was apparent that the following need to be addressed: hacking of medical devices, defending of people’s privacy, scanning of medical information at home, healthy people allegedly switching to technology, biological differences, discoveries on possibilities of prolonging life, bioterrorism due to nanotechnology, technological developments versus evidence based medicine, transhumanism and singularitarianism, as sexuality becoming technological . From ...

Introduction

Evidence base practice is crucial in the health care of the patient. In fact, establishing the quality of care depend totality on evidence. To insure the important of evidence in practice, many studies have been done over the years. The research done in these studies gave the world a view about the importance of evidence based practice. Globally, it should be used as a standard in care given to patients. From this point, each nurse should be aware of how to link between traditionally practiced medicine and evidence based medicine. Evidence base practice (EBP) has been established since the 1900s. ...

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Introduction

- Construction of PICO question - Identification of key terms - Description of the population, intervention, comparison, and outcome of the question.

Description of at least 2 EBP model(s) appropriate for focus area; critique similarities and differences of models.

Identification and description of articles obtained from searching and possible need for further refinement of question. Conclusion - Selection of an evidence grading system such as the one cited in the directions above and rate at least four studies, using the EB Review Matrix to record your assessments. - Describe the relationship between levels of evidence and ...

Evidence Based Medicine

Scientific bias and shortcomings give a major reason for criticism of evidence-based medicine. Sociologists and philosophers do not agree that the various scientific researches done are very accurate. They cite varying quality of research data relied upon and limitation on published research only as the major reason for publishing and feasibility bias (De Vries & Lemmens, 2006). They argue that sometimes cost cutting drives the researcher’s agenda thus negatively influencing the results and performance. These biases together with influence from sponsors and cultural factors have a direct influence on the results of the researchers such that the clinicians will skew ...