title: Conventions or foundations? A response to Miles Little's ex nihilo nihil fit? Medicine rests on solid foundations.
abstract: In this essay, I respond to the critique of my work by Professor Miles Little.
authors.affiliation: Department of Family and Community Medicine, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Primary Care Research, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Division of Clinical Public Health, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Clinical Research in Complexity Services, Bridgepoint Active Healthcare, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Ross E G
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Upshur
mesh_terms: D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D018802:Patient-Centered Care
keywords: evidence-based medicine; patient-centred care; person-centred medicine