When shared decision‐making and evidence based practice clash: Infant sleep practices

Bringing evidence-based best practices into practice.

The Vanderbilt Center for Evidence-based Medicine (EBM) defines the term as " the judicious application of scientific knowledge by clinicians in tandem with patient preferences and values … an ongoing process of integrating evidence with the clinician's training and expertise for the care of patients and patient populations. " But, according to a 2003 study of 89 health plans sponsored by the C...

When Temperaments Clash

The motif throughout is the author's axiom that our ability to perform to capacity depends upon our relations with other humans and not on sheer skill or dexterity. He urges that the effect of intimate human contacts upon the nervous system is becoming a serious problem now that civilisation has rendered the race so highly sensitive. He points out that just as social knowledge led the way to th...

When Agents Clash

The notion of agency is central to the study of software process. Software development processes are enacted by agents, represent agents, and ultimately, must be capable of guiding human agents. This paper explores the use of the term “agent” in software engineering, and advocates a systematic study of this notion in the context of software process technology. In particular, the paper proposes ...

Progress in obstetrics and gynaecology - evidence-based practices and practice-based evidence reviews.

Reconsidering evidence-based practice in prosthetic rehabilitation: a shared enterprise.

BACKGROUND A divide is experienced between producers and users of evidence in prosthetic rehabilitation. OBJECTIVE To discuss the complexity inherent in establishing evidence-based practice in a prosthetic rehabilitation team illustrated by the case of prosthetic prescription for elderly dysvascular transfemoral amputee patients. STUDY DESIGN A qualitative research design was used, in which...