Evidence‐Based Healthcare in Context: Critical Social Science Perspectives

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Contents: A critical social science of evidence-based healthcare Part I Evidence in Cultural and Theoretical Context: Evidence-based medicine, clinical uncertainty, and learning to doctor, Stefan Timmermans and Alison Angell Resisting stratification: imperialism, war machines and evidence-based practice, Dave Holmes and Patrick Oa (TM)Byrne. Part II Evidence in the Clinic: Communally-based evidence in the emerging practice of aorta implant surgery, Berit Brattheim, Arild Faxvaag and Aksel Tjora Embodied, embedded and encoded knowledge in practice: the role of clinical interpretation in neurorehabilitiation, Rob Flynn, Joanne Greenhalgh, Andrew Long and Sarah Tyson The histories and cultures of evidence utilisation: the cases of medical oncology and haematology, Alex Broom and Jon Adams. Part III Evidence on the Margins: Evidence-based health care and complementary and alternative medicine, Kevin Dew Patient understandings of evidence and therapeutic effectiveness, Alex Broom and Philip Tovey Evidence-based paradigms and contemporary midwifery, Caroline Homer and Alex Broom Evidence-based healthcare: the future research agenda, Anne-Grete Sandaunet and Evan Willis Index.