%0 Journal Article %1 1234 %A Beresford, J Glasby & P %D 2006 %J Critical Social Policy %K evidencebased practice %N 1 %P 268-284 %T Who knows best? Evidence-based practice and the service user contribution %V 26 %X This paper reviews the assumptions underlying traditional medical research and critiques the concept of ‘evidence-based practice’. In particular, it identifies and counters three basic tenets of this approach: the alleged need for objectivity in research, the notion of hierarchies of evidence and the primacy of systematic reviews. Instead, the paper argues for a new emphasis on ‘knowledge-based practice’, recognizing that the practice wisdom of health and social care practitioners and the lived experience of service users can be just as valid a way of knowing the world as formal research.

@article{1234, abstract = {This paper reviews the assumptions underlying traditional medical research and critiques the concept of ‘evidence-based practice’. In particular, it identifies and counters three basic tenets of this approach: the alleged need for objectivity in research, the notion of hierarchies of evidence and the primacy of systematic reviews. Instead, the paper argues for a new emphasis on ‘knowledge-based practice’, recognizing that the practice wisdom of health and social care practitioners and the lived experience of service users can be just as valid a way of knowing the world as formal research.}, added-at = {2009-11-23T16:42:54.000+0100}, author = {Beresford, J Glasby & P}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/29bc6e91b4b5761730639dcb8ebe2ac8e/jennybillings}, description = {A paper critiquing the concept of evidence-based practice}, interhash = {2dfe88812588a8250391e7ebdcee86b7}, intrahash = {9bc6e91b4b5761730639dcb8ebe2ac8e}, journal = {Critical Social Policy}, keywords = {evidencebased practice}, number = 1, pages = {268-284}, timestamp = {2009-11-23T16:42:54.000+0100}, title = {Who knows best? Evidence-based practice and the service user contribution}, volume = 26, year = 2006 }