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  1. (4 other versions)Naming and necessity.Saul Kripke - 2010 - In Darragh Byrne & Max Kölbel (eds.), Arguing about language. New York: Routledge. pp. 431-433.
    _Naming and Necessity_ has had a great and increasing influence. It redirected philosophical attention to neglected questions of natural and metaphysical necessity and to the connections between these and theories of naming, and of identity. This seminal work, to which today's thriving essentialist metaphysics largely owes its impetus, is here reissued in a newly corrected form with a new preface by the author. If there is such a thing as essential reading in metaphysics, or in philosophy of language, this is (...)
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  • (4 other versions)The Structure of Scientific Revolutions.Thomas Samuel Kuhn - 1962 - Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Edited by Otto Neurath.
    A scientific community cannot practice its trade without some set of received beliefs. These beliefs form the foundation of the "educational initiation that prepares and licenses the student for professional practice". The nature of the "rigorous and rigid" preparation helps ensure that the received beliefs are firmly fixed in the student's mind. Scientists take great pains to defend the assumption that scientists know what the world is like...To this end, "normal science" will often suppress novelties which undermine its foundations. Research (...)
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  • Ethics, management, and mythology: rational decision making for health service professionals.Michael Loughlin - 2002 - Abingdon, Oxon, U.K.: Radcliffe Medical Press.
    Chapter 1 Who this book is for and who it is not for1 There are already too many books offering solutions to the problems of the health service. ...
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  • Naming and Necessity: Lectures Given to the Princeton University Philosophy Colloquium.Saul A. Kripke - 1980 - Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. Edited by Darragh Byrne & Max Kölbel.
    A transcript of three lectures, given at Princeton University in 1970, which deals with (inter alia) debates concerning proper names in the philosophy of language.
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  • (4 other versions)Naming and Necessity.Saul Kripke - 2003 - In John Heil (ed.), Philosophy of Mind: A Guide and Anthology. New York: Oxford University Press.
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  • The evolution of clinical audit as a tool for quality improvement.Berk Michael, Callaly Thomas & Hyland Mary - 2003 - Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice 9 (2):251-257.
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  • Seeking evidence from medical research consumers as part of the medical research process could improve the uptake of research evidence.Margaret T. Whitstock - 2003 - Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice 9 (2):213-224.
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  • Purchasing quality in clinical practice: what on Earth do we mean?A. Miles, P. Bentley, J. Grey & A. Polychronis - 1995 - Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice 1 (2):87-95.
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  • A System of Logic.John Stuart Mill - 1829/2002 - Longman.
    Reprint of the original, first published in 1869.
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  • Evaluating change in health care practice: Lessons from three studies.Redfern Sally, Christian Sara & Norman Ian - 2003 - Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice 9 (2):239-249.
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  • Reframing the evaluation of qualitative health research: reflections on a review of appraisal guidelines in the health sciences.Joan M. Eakin & Eric Mykhalovskiy - 2003 - Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice 9 (2):187-194.
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  • The Total Health Care Audit System: a systematic methodology for clinical practice evaluation and development in NHS provider organizations.Andrew Miles, Paul Bentley, Nicholas Price, Andreas Polychronis, Joseph Grey & Jonathan Asbridge - 1996 - Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice 2 (1):37-64.
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  • Evaluation in clinical practice: problems, precedents and principles.Neil Mclntyre - 1995 - Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice 1 (1):5-13.
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  • Restoring the balance: evidence‐based medicine put in its place.Bruce G. Charlton - 1997 - Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice 3 (2):87-98.
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  • Philosophy: Who Needs It.Ayn Rand - 1984 - Ayn Rand Library.
    A collection of essays argues that philosophy is an essential element of human life--a force that shapes human character and national culture and destiny--and offers the rational philosophy of Objectivism as an alternative.
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  • Elementary concepts of medicine: I. Medicine: challenges with its concepts.Olli S. Miettinen & Kenneth M. Flegel - 2003 - Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice 9 (3):307-309.
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  • Elementary concepts of medicine: VI. Genesis of illness: pathogenesis, aetiogenesis.Olli S. Miettinen & Kenneth M. Flegel - 2003 - Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice 9 (3):325-327.
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  • Advancing the evidence‐based healthcare debate.A. Miles, P. Bentley, A. Polychronis, J. Grey & N. Price - 1999 - Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice 5 (2):97-101.
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  • Recent developments in the evidence‐based healthcare debate.A. Miles, P. Bentley, A. Polychronis, J. Grey & C. Melchiorri - 2001 - Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice 7 (2):85-89.
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  • Generalizability: beyond plausibility and handwaving.E. Shahar - 2003 - Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice 9 (2):151-159.
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  • Elementary concepts of medicine: IX. Acting on gnosis: doctoring, intervening.Olli S. Miettinen & Kenneth M. Flegel - 2003 - Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice 9 (3):337-339.
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  • Elementary concepts of medicine: IV. Sickness from illness and in health.Olli S. Miettinen & Kenneth M. Flegel - 2003 - Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice 9 (3):319-320.
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  • Achieving change in health care practice.Sally Redfern & Sara Christian - 2003 - Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice 9 (2):225-238.
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  • Evidence‐based medicine: a Kuhnian perspective of a transvestite non‐theory.Joaquim S. Couto Md - 1998 - Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice 4 (4):267-275.
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  • Recent progress in health services research: on the need for evidence‐based debate.A. Miles MSc MPhil PhD, P. Bentley Phd Frcp Frcpath, A. Polychronis Mb Chb, J. Grey Phd Mrcp & N. Price Ba - 1998 - Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice 4 (4):257-265.
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  • Critical advances in the evaluation and development of clinical care.A. Miles, J. Grey, A. Polychronis & C. Melchiorri - 2002 - Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice 8 (2):87-102.
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  • Evaluating and synthesizing qualitative research: the need to develop a distinctive approach.Rosaline S. Barbour & Michael Barbour - 2003 - Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice 9 (2):179-186.
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  • A critical appraisal of evidence‐based medicine: some ethical considerations.M. Gupta - 2003 - Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice 9 (2):111-121.
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  • Evidence‐based medicine: why all the fuss? This is why.A. Miles, P. Bentley, A. Polychronis & J. Grey - 1997 - Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice 3 (2):83-86.
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  • The total healthcare audit system: a systematic methodology for auditing the totality of patient care.A. Miles, D. P. Bentley, N. Price, A. Polychronis, J. E. Grey & J. E. Asbridge - 1996 - Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice 2:37-64.
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  • (1 other version)The paradox of evidence-based medicine. Commentary on Gupta (2003), A critical appraisal of evidence-based medicine: some ethical considerations. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice 9, 111-121.Geoff Norman - 2003 - Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice 9 (2):129-132.
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  • Ethics, Management and Mythology: Rational Decision‐making for Health Service Professionals (Michael Loughlin, Radcliffe Medical Press, Oxford, £24.95, ISBN 1–85775–574–X). [REVIEW]G. Bruce - 2002 - Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice 8 (2):287-290.
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  • Elementary concepts of medicine: VII. Course of illness: manifestations, complications, outcome.Olli S. Miettinen & Kenneth M. Flegel - 2003 - Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice 9 (3):329-331.
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  • On morality and logic in medical practice: commentary on 'A critical appraisal of evidence‐based medicine: some ethical considerations' (Gupta 2003; Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice 9, 111–121). [REVIEW]Eyal Shahar - 2003 - Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice 9 (2):133-135.
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  • Evidence‐based practice in mental health: practical weaknesses meet political strengths.Sandra Tanenbaum - 2003 - Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice 9 (2):287-301.
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  • Elementary concepts of medicine: VIII. Knowing about a client's health: gnosis.Olli S. Miettinen & Kenneth M. Flegel - 2003 - Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice 9 (3):333-335.
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  • Generalizability: beyond plausibility and handwaving.M. P. H. Eyal Shahar Md - 2003 - Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice 9 (2):151-159.
    The question of how we apply knowledge from biomedical science to medical and public health practice has been the subject of heated debates about generalizability and related concepts, such as applicability and inductive inference. In this essay, I interpret the term from the perspective of two causal models: determinism and indeterminism. I suggest that theories of generalizability can be formulated on the basis of both models and take the form of testable but unverifiable hypotheses, an attribute that is common to (...)
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  • Inductive reasoning in medicine: lessons from Carl Gustav Hempel's 'inductive‐statistical' model.Afschin Gandjour & Karl Wilhelm Lauterbach - 2003 - Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice 9 (2):161-169.
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  • Elementary concepts of medicine: X. Being a good doctor: professionalism.Olli S. Miettinen & Kenneth M. Flegel - 2003 - Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice 9 (3):341-343.
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  • The role of qualitative research in broadening the 'evidence base' for clinical practice.Rosaline S. Barbour Ma - 2000 - Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice 6 (2):155-163.
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  • Elementary concepts of medicine: V. Disease: one of the main subtypes of illness.Olli S. Miettinen & Kenneth M. Flegel - 2003 - Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice 9 (3):321-323.
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  • (1 other version)Ethics and Evidence‐Based Medicine: Fallibility and Responsibility in Clinical Science[Kenneth Goodman, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, ISBN 0 521 79653 9, £19.95 (pbk), ISBN 0 521 81933 4, £55.00 (hbk)]. [REVIEW]Michael Loughlin - 2003 - Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice 9 (2):141-144.
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  • The Australian Centre For Evidence‐based Clinical Practice Generic Audit Tool: Auditmaker for health professionals.Sepehr Shakib & Paddy A. Phillips - 2003 - Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice 9 (2):259-263.
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  • A Popperian perspective of the term 'evidence‐based medicine'.Eyal Shahar - 1997 - Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice 3 (2):109-116.
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  • The protagonists of 'evidence‐based medicine': arrogant, seductive and controversial.A. Polychronls, A. Miles & P. Bentley - 1996 - Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice 2 (1):9-12.
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  • Evidence‐based medicine: Reference? Dogma? Neologism? New orthodoxy?A. Polychronls, A. Miles & P. Bentley - 1996 - Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice 2 (1):1-3.
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  • Democratic deficit and communication hyper‐inflation in health care systems.Peter Andras PhD & Bruce G. Charlton Md - 2002 - Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice 8 (3):291-297.
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  • Non‐linearity in clinical practice.Peter Petros - 2003 - Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice 9 (2):171-178.
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  • Examining the assumptions of evidence‐based medicine.Geoffrey R. Norman - 1999 - Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice 5 (2):139-147.
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  • New perspectives in the evidence‐based healthcare debate.A. Miles, B. Charlton, P. Bentley, A. Polychronis, J. Grey & N. Price - 2000 - Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice 6 (2):77-84.
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