Evidence-based medicine the compass, not the cookbook, in medical practice


IN an era of information overload and rising healthcare costs, a term echoes through hospital corridors, policy debates and clinical guidelines – evidence-based medicine (EBM).

Yet, it is often misunderstood - dismissed by some as a rigid, soulless protocol or embraced by others as an infallible scientific scripture. The truth, as with most profound concepts, lies in the nuanced middle.

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