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Pharmaco-epistemology for the prescribing geriatrician

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Authors

Le Couteur, David

Kendig, Hal

Publisher

Blackwell Publishing Ltd

Abstract

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.

Keywords

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

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/19049

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Australasian Journal on Ageing

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1111/j.1741-6612.2007.00271.x

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2037-12-31

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