El movimiento de la medicina basada en evidencia de la medicina basada en la evidencia: Alcances conceptuales y teóricos / Evidence based medicine: Theoretical and conceptual issues

ABSTRACT

Evidence based decision making in medicine is, nowadays, a movement with political and practical implications. This article performs a historical description of evidence based medicine and its underlying conceptual and philosophical premises. An open dialogue to recognize the diverse sources of evidence that modify clinical practice is proposed, to improve decision making in this field.