BMJ 2006;333 (18 November), doi:10.1136/bmj.333.7577.0-d
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Religion provides insight into how doctors interpret evidence
Individual interpretations of evidence based medicine can be traced to the reader's "world view" says Links (10.1136/bmj.38966.487350.68). The author draws a comparison between evidence based medicine and religious faith, and describes a spectrum of world views from fundamentalist to conservative and liberal. Where religious belief requires tolerance, debates on evidence must allow for differing world views and recognise limitations of evidence based medicine, specifically when considering evidence not derived from randomised controlled trials.
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