Pharmaco-epistemology for the prescribing geriatrician
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2008
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Le Couteur, David
Kendig, Hal
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Blackwell Publishing Ltd
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Clinicians are becoming more reliant on their interpretation of clinical trial information to guide prescribing rather than their clinical skills. Thus to improve prescribing, it is increasingly important for clinicians to have an appreciation of epistemology (the science of knowledge and its interpretation) and the broader social context of knowledge. The insights of epistemologists can be useful in understanding the different ways in which clinical trials data are interpreted.
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Keywords: age; aged; aging; Australia; clinical pharmacology; clinical trial; dose response; drug effect; drug utilization; evidence based medicine; female; geriatric assessment; geriatrics; health personnel attitude; human; knowledge; male; methodology; note; pres Epistemology; Evidence-based medicine; Geriatric medicine; Pharmacology
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Australasian Journal on Ageing
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