| dc.contributor.author | Borgerson, Kirstin | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-08-23T15:57:55Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-08-23T15:57:55Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2005-09 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Borgerson, Kirstin. 2005. "Evidence-Based Alternative Medicine?." Perspectives in Biology & Medicine 48(4): 502-515.
Copyright © 2005 The Johns Hopkins University Press. This article first appeared in Perspectives in Biology & Medicine 48(4), Autumn 2005, pages 502-515. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.issn | 00315982 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10222/35697 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/pbm.2005.0084 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Focuses on the controversy over the validity of evidence-based medicine (EBM). Proposal
for a hierarchy of evidence according to which randomized controlled trials (RCT) and
meta-analyses of RCT provide the most reliable evidence concerning the efficacy of
medical interventions; Problem with the EBM hierarchy in the evaluation of alternative
medicine therapies; Arguments over the characteristics of alternative medicine. | en_US |
| dc.relation.ispartof | Perspectives in Biology & Medicine | en_US |
| dc.title | Evidence-Based Alternative Medicine? | en_US |
| dc.type | article | en_US |
| dc.identifier.volume | 48 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.issue | 4 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.startpage | 502 | en_US |
