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Who decides what evidence is? Developing a multiple perspectives paradigm in mental health
D Rose1, G Thornicroft, M Slade
1Service User Research Enterprise (SURE), Health Services Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, London, UK. d.rose@iop.kcl.ac.uk
Objective:
To compare different perspectives on evidence in relation to mental health care.
Method:
The method and materials constitute a selective literature review comparing key elements of evidence-based medicine and evidence-based policy with perspectives on evidence from users, carers and professionals. The aim was to develop an argument concerning these comparisons.
Results:
What constitutes evidence from the perspectives of different stakeholders is a field of contestation.
Conclusion:
It is timely for a multiple perspective paradigm on evidence in science to be developed and this paper initiates this process in relation to mental health care.
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