Better evaluating mechanisms in medicine. Book Review: Evaluating Evidence of Mechanisms in Medicine

Evidence of mechanisms plays an important role in medical decision‐making, but this role is less well articulated than that of clinical trial evidence. A new book, Evaluating Evidence of Mechanisms in Medicine: Principles and Procedures, provides a framework and resources for explicitly evaluating e...

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Published in:Journal of evaluation in clinical practice 2019-12, Vol.25 (6), p.1228-1231
Main Author: La Caze, Adam
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Causality
clinical guidelines
Evidence-based medicine
Guidelines
Medicine
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Summary:Evidence of mechanisms plays an important role in medical decision‐making, but this role is less well articulated than that of clinical trial evidence. A new book, Evaluating Evidence of Mechanisms in Medicine: Principles and Procedures, provides a framework and resources for explicitly evaluating evidence of mechanisms when assessing claims of efficacy and external validity. This review outlines the overall approach of the book, the contribution it makes to evidence evaluation in medicine and makes some suggestions for further work that will aid implementation of the framework into clinical decision‐making.
ISSN:1356-1294
1365-2753
DOI:10.1111/jep.13222