title: Ethics & evidence in medical debates: the case of recombinant activated factor VII.
abstract: We cannot just point to the facts to solve a medical debate. The use of evidence is itself a matter of values. What the evidence tells us to do tends to depend on what we see as important.
authors.forename: Narcyz
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ghinea
authors.forename: Wendy
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Lipworth
authors.forename: Ian
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kerridge
authors.forename: Miles
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Little
authors.forename: Richard O
authors.initials: RO
authors.lastname: Day
mesh_terms: D003132:Commerce; D016265:Conflict of Interest / Q000191:economics; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine / Q000941:ethics / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends; D015942:Factor VIIa / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects; D006467:Hemophilia A / Q000188:drug therapy; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D056687:Off-Label Use / Q000941:ethics* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011050:Policy Making; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000941:ethics* / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends; D039781:PubMed; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D013850:Thinking; D035501:Uncertainty; D014481:United States
chemical_list: D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D015942:Factor VIIa