Overview
- The author has been described as “the father of modern epidemiology” and as “one of the keenest thinkers about the medicine of this era of Evidence-Based Medicine,” and has made seminal contributions to the understanding of practically all of the topics in the text The text exposes the untenability of the prevailing teachings about ‘clinical epidemiology’ and EBM, and advances a vision of major improvements in clin
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Table of contents (24 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Philosophical Propedeutics
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Theory of Clinical Medicine
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Theory of Clinical Research
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Contemporary Realities in Clinical Research
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Contemporary Realities In Clinical Research
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Epilogue on Major Improvements in Clinical Medicine
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About this book
‘Clinical epidemiology’ is now widely promoted and taught as a ‘basic science’ of Evidence-Based Medicine, of clinical EBM to be specific. This book, however, is mostly about that which Miettinen takes to be the necessary substitute for this now-so-fashionable subject – namely, Theory of Clinical Medicine together with its subordinate Theory of Clinical Research.
The leit motif in all of this is Miettinen’s perception of the need, and opportunity, to bring major improvements into clinical medicine in this Information Age, now that theoretical progress has made feasible the development of practice-guiding Expert Systems for it.
Parts of this text constitute essential reading for whoever is expected, or otherwise inclined, to study – or teach – ‘clinical epidemiology,’ and the same is true of those who set policy for the education of future clinicians; but practically all of it is essential reading for future – and current – academics in the various disciplines of clinical medicine. After all, the text is the result of a concentrated effort, over a half-century no less, to really understand both clinical and community medicine and the research to advance the knowledge-base of these. Research epidemiologists, too, will find this text interesting and instructive.
Reviews
From the reviews:
“In a logical sequence of progressively deduced propositions and principles, Dr. Miettinen attempts to re-orient medical academia to the theories underlying clinical research in his recent book Up from Clinical Epidemiology & EBM (Evidence Based Medicine) … . We highly recommend this fascinating book to all epidemiologists … .” (Jan Van den Broeck and Jonathan R. Brestoff, European Journal of Epidemiology, May, 2012)
Authors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Up from Clinical Epidemiology & EBM
Authors: O. S. Miettinen
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-9501-5
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2011
Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-481-9500-8Published: 26 March 2011
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-007-9764-2Published: 15 October 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-90-481-9501-5Published: 23 March 2011
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIII, 175
Topics: Epidemiology, Theory of Medicine/Bioethics, Health Informatics