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The argument framework is a flexible approach to evidence in healthcare

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An argument framework, grounded in the sciences of reasoning, provides an alternative to medicine’s measurement framework for evaluating and synthesizing evidence in healthcare.

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Fig. 1: Nodal diagram of argumentation synthesis for the effect of a precision oncology intervention on overall survival.
Fig. 2: Nodal diagram of argumentation synthesis to assess the impact of mask wearing on infection incidence.

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  1. Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

    Jonathan Fuller

  2. Division of Hematology, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada

    Benjamin Chin-Yee

  3. Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

    Benjamin Chin-Yee

  4. Dalla Lana School of Public Health and Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    Ross E. G. Upshur

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Fuller, J., Chin-Yee, B. & Upshur, R.E.G. The argument framework is a flexible approach to evidence in healthcare. Nat Med (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-024-02930-x

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