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Broad medical uncertainty and the ethical obligation for openness
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This paper argues that there exists a collective epistemic state of ‘Broad Medical Uncertainty’ (BMU) regarding the effectiveness of many medical interventions. We outline the features of BMU, and describe some of the main contributing factors. These include flaws in medical research methodologies, bias in publication practices, financial and other conflicts of interest, and features of how evidence is translated into practice. These result in a significant degree of uncertainty regarding the...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- 10.1007/s11229-022-03666-2
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John Templeton Foundation
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Bibliographic Details
- Publisher:
- Springer Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Synthese Journal website
- Volume:
- 200
- Article number:
- 121
- Publication date:
- 2022-04-10
- Acceptance date:
- 2022-03-17
- DOI:
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1573-0964
- ISSN:
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0039-7857
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- English
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- Pubs id:
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1246204
- Local pid:
- pubs:1246204
- Deposit date:
- 2022-03-17
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- Copyright holder:
- Brown et al
- Copyright date:
- 2022
- Rights statement:
- © The Author(s) 2022
- Licence:
- CC Attribution (CC BY)
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