The view of evidence-based medicine from the trenches

liberating or authoritarian?

Rosenfeld, Jo Ann MD

Assistant Professor, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Reisterstown, MD, USA

Correspondence Dr. Jo Ann Rosenfeld, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, 1112 Nicodemus Road, Reisterstown, MD 21136, USA. E-mail: [email protected]

Accepted for publication: 6 October 2003

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice 10(2):p 153-155, May 2004.

Evidence-based medicine at first promised to be a popularistic movement, bringing the fruits of research to all practising physicians. Instead it has created its own religion and dogma, further codifying daily practice.