The J. Byron McCormick Lecture
REFLECTIONS ON THE SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE
Stephen L. Carter*

Articles

DISSING DISCLOSURE: JUST WHAT THE DOCTOR ORDERED
Grant H. Morris*

MEDICINE'S EPISTEMOLOGY:
MAPPING THE HAPHAZARD DIFFUSION OF KNOWLEDGE IN THE BIOMEDICAL COMMUNITY
Lars Noah*

In just over a decade, the EBM movement has received a great deal of attention in the health care community. It aspires to transform medical practice by urging physicians to draw on rigorous studies rather than simply rely on anecdotal experience. Even if it fails to attract a large number of adherents, or to fundamentally change medicine=s epistemology, EBM has usefully encouraged medical professionals to become more reflective about the foundations for their treatment choices. In contrast, the call for evidence-based medicine has gone largely unnoticed outside of the health care community, even though it may offer important insights for other decisionmakers. Conversely, proponents of EBM may not have taken a sufficiently skeptical view of the biomedical literature and could benefit from the more critical perspectives of institutions external to the research enterprise. As importantly, perhaps, EBM reveals serious inadequacies in existing medical practice that deserve greater attention from regulatory agencies and the courts. A more realistic appreciation of the informational challenges faced by physicians should lead to improved doctrinal choices and, to the extent that these influence medical practice, superior treatment outcomes for patients. 

Notes

WILL THE TRUTH SET THEM FREE? NO, BUT THE LAB MIGHT: STATUTORY RESPONSES TO ADVANCEMENTS IN DNA TECHNOLOGY
Diana L. Kanon 

INFRINGEMENT.COM: RIAA V. NAPSTER AND THE WAR AGAINST ONLINE MUSIC PIRACY
Timothy James Ryan