CauseHealth takes on the challenges related to causal complexity\, individual variations and external validity in health sciences. Guidelines\, for various reasons\, are often used more rigidly in clinical settings than the developers intended. But one size does not fit all. Evidence from the patient context can be more causally relevant in deciding treatment than what has been shown to work at the group level.
\nThis conference brings together practitioners\, guidelines networks and philosophers of science to address the general problem of how to put the tools of philosophy to use in improving the development and implementation of healthcare guidelines.
\nIn particular\, \;how do we reconcile the purpose of guidelines with the needs of the clinic? \;There is a growing movement towards the \;particular \;(e.g. person centred approaches\, individualised treatments\, incorporating patient narratives and clinical judgement)\, while guidelines must be \;general \;(e.g. providing evidence-based advice and methods for clinical decision-making).
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