title: [Backwards towards the future].
abstract: Partly owing to disregard for natural and cultural history, theoretical medicine has become an insufficient guide for much medical practice. Based on theoretical elaborations by G.W.F. Hegels (1770-1831) and Charles Darwin (1809-1882) I attempt to demonstrate the relevance of such historical knowledge for the much-debated field of evidence-based medicine.
authors.affiliation: Mikrobiologisk avdeling, Haukeland universitetssjukehus, 5021 Bergen og Gades institutt Universitetet i Bergen, Norway. elling.ulvestad@helse-bergen.no
authors.forename: Elling
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ulvestad
mesh_terms: D005075:Biological Evolution; D004739:England; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D005858:Germany; D006666:History of Medicine; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D010684:Philosophy; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic