The need for a rationalist turn in evidence-based medicine.
Michael P KellyPublished in: Journal of evaluation in clinical practice (2018)
When evidence-based medicine (EBM) became established, its dominant rhetoric was empiricist, in spite of rationalist elements in its practice. Exploring some of the key statements about EBM down the years, the paper examines the tensions between empiricism and rationalism and argues for a rationalist turn in EBM to help to develop the next generation of scholarship in the field.