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Cookbook Medicine

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Cookbook Medicine
A popular term for the practice of medicine by strict adherence to practice guidelines, which may not be an appropriate substitute for clinical judgement


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In an effort to create predictability, reliance upon cookbook medicine has given us a recipe for disaster.
For physicians who remain resistant to the notion of standardization of care, likening it to "cookbook medicine," Thomas has this rejoinder: "We were taught cookbook medicine in training--from our mentors.
David Sackett (1996), for instance, a strong supporter of EBM, asserts that properly applied EBM is not cookbook medicine.
 
 
 
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