TY - JOUR
T1 - Alienating evidence based medicine vs. innovative medical device marketing
T2 - a report on the evidence debate at a Wounds conference
AU - Madden, Mary Teresa
N1 - Copyright © 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
PY - 2012/6
Y1 - 2012/6
N2 - Wound care management is one of the largest segments of the UK medical technology sector with a turnover exceeding £1bn in 2009 (BIS, 2010). Using data derived from participant observation, this article examines the antagonistic relationship expressed by wound care clinicians towards evidence based medicine in the context of the 2010 United Kingdom (UK) Wounds UK conference/trade show, where evidence based medicine is positioned in opposition to clinical knowledge, as an obstacle to innovation and as a remover of solutions rather than a provider of them. The article is written in the context of the trend towards increasing marketization and privatization in the UK National Health Service (NHS).
AB - Wound care management is one of the largest segments of the UK medical technology sector with a turnover exceeding £1bn in 2009 (BIS, 2010). Using data derived from participant observation, this article examines the antagonistic relationship expressed by wound care clinicians towards evidence based medicine in the context of the 2010 United Kingdom (UK) Wounds UK conference/trade show, where evidence based medicine is positioned in opposition to clinical knowledge, as an obstacle to innovation and as a remover of solutions rather than a provider of them. The article is written in the context of the trend towards increasing marketization and privatization in the UK National Health Service (NHS).
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U2 - 10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.02.026
DO - 10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.02.026
M3 - Article
C2 - 22480873
SN - 1873-5347
VL - 74
SP - 2046
EP - 2052
JO - Social Science & Medicine
JF - Social Science & Medicine
IS - 12
ER -