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Medical Evidence-based Medicine

The Impossible Clinic

A Critical Sociology of Evidence-Based Medicine

by (author) Ariane Hanemaayer

Publisher
UBC Press
Initial publish date
Nov 2019
Category
Evidence-Based Medicine, History, General
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780774862073
    Publish Date
    Nov 2019
    List Price
    $89.95
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9780774862103
    Publish Date
    Nov 2019
    List Price
    $32.95
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780774862080
    Publish Date
    Apr 2020
    List Price
    $29.95

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The Impossible Clinic explores the conundrum of evidence-based medicine’s (EBM) attempt to translate evidence from medical research into recommendations for practice. Ironically, when medical institutions combine disciplinary regulations with EBM to produce clinical practice guidelines, the outcomes are antithetical to the aim. Such guidelines fail to increase individual physicians’ capacity to judge – as EBM promises – because they externalize judgment while imposing disciplinary control. The Impossible Clinic is the first book to interrogate the history, practice, and pitfalls of EBM and how it persists due to intersecting relationships between professional medical regulation and liberal governance strategies.

About the author

Contributor Notes

Ariane Hanemaayer is an assistant professor of sociology at Brandon University in Manitoba. With Christopher J. Schneider, she is the co-editor of The Public Sociology Debate: Ethics and Engagement (2014).

Editorial Reviews

This important book provides a thoughtful analysis of shortcomings, but parts of the text are so rich in medical humanities jargon that they are sometimes hard to follow.

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