Can Evidence Based Medicine (EBM) and Complementary and Alternative
Medicine (CAM) find common ground? A distinguished historian of
medicine, John S. Haller Jr., explores the epistemological
foundations of EBM and the challenges these conceptual tools
present for both conventional and alternative therapies. As he
explores a possible reconciliation between their conflicting
approaches, Haller maintains a healthy, scientific skepticism yet
finds promise in select complementary and alternative (CAM)
therapies. Haller elucidates recent research on the placebo effect
and shows how a new engagement between EBM and CAM might lead to a
more productive medical practice that includes both the objectivity
of evidence-based medicine and the subjective truth of the
physician-patient relationship. Haller's book tours key topics in
the standoff between EBM and CAM: how and why the double blinded,
randomized clinical trial (RCT) came to be considered the gold
standard in modern medicine; the challenge of postmodern medicine
as it counters the positivism of evidence-based medicine; and the
politics of modern CAM and the rise of the National Center for
Complementary and Alternative Medicine. He conducts an in-depth
case study of homeopathy, explaining why it has emerged as a
poster-child for CAM, and assesses CAM's popularity despite its
poor performance in clinical trials. Haller concludes with hope,
showing how new experimental protocols might tease out the
evidentiary basis for the placebo effect and establish a foundation
for some reconciliation between EBM and CAM.
General
| Imprint: |
Columbia University Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
July 2014 |
| First published: |
July 2014 |
| Authors: |
John S Haller
|
| Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 22mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Hardcover
|
| Pages: |
288 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-231-16904-2 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Medicine >
Other branches of medicine >
General
|
| LSN: |
0-231-16904-3 |
| Barcode: |
9780231169042 |
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