title: [Evidence based medicine: theoretical and conceptual issues].
abstract: Evidence based decision making in medicine is, nowadays, a movement with political and practical implications. This article performs a historical description of evidence based medicine and its underlying conceptual and philosophical premises. An open dialogue to recognize the diverse sources of evidence that modify clinical practice is proposed, to improve decision making in this field.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Salud Pública, Escuela de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile. pbedrega@med.puc.cl
authors.forename: Paula
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bedregal
authors.forename: Carlos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cornejo
mesh_terms: D003657:Decision Making; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans; D010686:Philosophy, Medical