2017
Evidence-based policy as reflexive practice.
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What can we learn from evidence-based medicine?
Journal of Health Services Research & Policy , Volume 22 - Issue 2 p. 113- 119
The call for evidence-based policy is often accompanied by rather uncritical references to the success of evidence-based medicine, leading to often unsuccessful translation attempts. In this paper, I reflect on the practice of evidence-based medicine in an attempt to sketch a more productive approach to translating evidence into the practice of policy making. Discussing three episodes in the history of evidence-based medicine – clinical trials, and the production and use of clinical guidelines – I conclude that the success of evidence-based medicine is based on the creation of reflexive practices in which evidence and practice can be combined productively. In the conclusion, I discuss the prospects of such a practice for evidence-based policy.
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| doi.org/10.1177/1355819616670680, hdl.handle.net/1765/99337 | |
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| An earlier version of this essay appeared (in Dutch) in the Tijdschrift voor Gezondheid & Ethiek | |
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Bal, R. (2017). Evidence-based policy as reflexive practice.: What can we learn from evidence-based medicine?. Journal of Health Services Research & Policy, 22(2), 113–119. doi:10.1177/1355819616670680 |
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