There is increasing attention on evidencing research impact and applying a systems
thinking perspective in public health. However, there is limited understanding of the extent to …

The book is organized so as to address in separate sections first the preparatory topics of
medicine (clinical and epidemiological), science in general, and statistics (mathematical); …

The classic risk factors for developing coronary heart disease (CHD) explain less than 50%
of the decrease in mortality observed since 1950. The transition currently under way, from …

Despite its scientific base, medicine is a system sanctioned by the society in which it
practices. Scientific knowledge is composed of beliefs shared by experts.[10] The social …

BACKGROUND: In India, heterosexual transmission accounts for approximately 80% of the
spread of HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. Male alcohol use and its putative association with …

Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) encompasses a wide range of different non-
mainstream therapies that have been increasingly used for treatment or adjunctive treatment …

Given the paradox of the success of modern medical technology and the growing patient
dissatisfaction with present-day medicine, critics have called for a reevaluation of …

El presente trabajo cuestiona los paradigmas dominantes en la educación médica y
establece la necesidad de participar en la investigación del aprendizaje in situ, para …

The article comments on Mark Tonelli's paper on the integration of evidence-based
approaches to clinical practice. Tonelli suggests an alternative method for integrating …

The article provides an information-age outlook on movement towards maximally scientific
knowledge-based medicine (KBM). According to the authors, the Flexnarian idea of scientific …