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Type 2 Diabetes Diagnosis

Role of evidence-based medicine in type 2 diabetes diagnoses examined

Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, June 19th, 2005

A researcher discusses the role of evidence-based medicine in procedures for diagnosing type 2 diabetes in clinical practice guidelines in a recent issue of the journal Health.

According to a study from Canada, "This ethnographic investigation responds to calls for more social science research on - versus for or against - evidence-based medicine (EBM). It centers on the recommendations endorsed, in a set of clinical practice guidelines, by Canadian specialists in the late 1990s for diagnosing diabetes. Empirically, the article mainly relies on public presentations and discussion at the Canadian Diabetes Association Professional Conferences (1997-2001),...

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