[KNJIGA][B] Personalised cancer medicine: Future crafting in the genomic era

A Kerr, C Key Chekar, E Ross, J Swallow… - 2021 - library.oapen.org
What does it mean to personalise cancer medicine? Personalised cancer medicine explores
this question by foregrounding the experiences of patients, carers and practitioners in the …

Beyond interviews and focus groups: a framework for integrating innovative qualitative methods into randomised controlled trials of complex public health …

K Davis, N Minckas, V Bond, CJ Clark, T Colbourn… - Trials, 2019 - Springer
Abstract Background Randomised controlled trials (RCTs) are widely used for establishing
evidence of the effectiveness of interventions, yet public health interventions are often …

Contextual social valences for artificial intelligence: Anticipation that matters in social work

T Lehtiniemi - Information, Communication & Society, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
In pilot trials, Finnish caseworkers in child welfare services used an AI tool predicting severe
risks faced by their clients. Based on interviews with the caseworkers involved, this article …

Evaluating complex health interventions with randomized controlled trials: how do we improve the use of qualitative methods?

J Mannell, K Davis - Qualitative Health Research, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Qualitative methods are underutilized in health intervention evaluation, and overshadowed
by the importance placed on randomized controlled trials (RCTs). This Commentary …

New frontiers or a bursting bubble? Psychedelic therapy beyond the dichotomy

T Noorani, J Martell - Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The publication in April 2021 of the Imperial College London Phase II study investigating the
efficacy of psilocybin-assisted therapy vs. escitalopram for depression reported differences …

Ebola vaccines, evidentiary charisma and the rise of global health emergency research

AH Kelly - Economy and Society, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract The 2013–2016 West African Ebola outbreak was both a catastrophic public health
disaster and a rare research opportunity. This paper analyses how the tensions between the …

“Let's Not Have the Perfect Be the Enemy of the Good”: Social Impact Bonds, Randomized Controlled Trials, and the Valuation of Social Programs

JW Williams - Science, Technology, & Human Values, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
This article uses the case of “social impact bonds”(SIBs) to explore the role of social science
methods in new markets in “social investment.” Pioneered in the UK in 2010, SIBs use …

Alter-standardizing clinical trials: the gold standard in the crossfire

A Rosemann - Science as Culture, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
The international landscape of medical research is in the midst of a process of diversification
and change. The randomized controlled trial (RCT), long considered the global gold …

Mesmer, the placebo effect, and the efficacy paradox: Lessons for evidence based medicine and complementary and alternative medicine

P Friesen - Critical public health, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Drawing on Isabelle Stengers' discussion of the investigation of Mesmer and the
starring role that experimentation plays in the rationality of modern medicine, this paper …

Journeying through different mythic worlds

BO Lee - International Perspectives in Psychology, 2023 - econtent.hogrefe.com
The global mental health movement (GMHM) seeks to close the treatment gap in low-and
middle-income countries including those in Southeast Asia. However, the GMHM has been …