Mills, David;
Reiss, Michael;
Campbell, Madeleine;
(2025)
Evidence-based veterinary medicine at 20 – a commentary on historical, philosophical, practical and ethical aspects.
Veterinary Evidence
, 10
(3)
10.18849/ve.v10i3.710.
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Abstract
Evidence-based veterinary medicine (EBVM) has pervaded the veterinary profession in the last two decades including academic and regulatory arenas as well as practising veterinary surgeons. EBVM grew from its older human sister, evidence-based medicine (EBM) and in doing so shares EBM’s central tenets of how best to do medicine. However, EBM has by no means been universally accepted; it has attracted fierce criticism and undergone several revisions since inception. In this article, we trace history of both movements and critically examine the philosophical basis of EBM/EBVM being better. We also assess the practicality of EBVM and examine ethical aspects of its use. With knowledge of EBM’s evolution, possible ways forward for EBVM are suggested that attempt to avoid EBM’s historical setbacks and improve individual veterinary patient care under EBVM.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Evidence-based veterinary medicine at 20 – a commentary on historical, philosophical, practical and ethical aspects |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.18849/ve.v10i3.710 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.18849/ve.v10i3.710 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Veterinary Evidence uses the Creative Commons copyright Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. That means users are free to copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format. Remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, even commercially - with the appropriate citation. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10212342 |
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