McClimans Leah (ed.) Measurement in Medicine: Philosophical Essays on Assessment and Evaluation

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2017. — 234 p. — ISBN 978-1-78348-848-3.Measurement in Medicine brings together for the first time a range of philosophical essays on topics in the philosophy of epidemiology, epistemology of measurement, philosophy of health economics and health policy that address pressing questions of assessment and evaluation in medicine. Ranging from questions about the methodology of measuring instruments to the role of measurement in health policy decisions, this volume spans the essential topics for anyone interested in understanding the philosophical issues at stake in the growing industry of health and health care evaluation.Measurement and Evidence-Based Medicine
How Evidence-Based Medicine Highlights Connections between Measurement and Evidence
Can Causation be Quantatively Measured?
Absolute Measures of Effectiveness
A Causal Construal of Heritability Estimates
Measuring Instruments
A Theory of Measurement
Psychological Measures, Risk, and Values
The Epistemological Roles of Models in Health Science Measurement
Measuring the Pure Patient Experience
Measurement, Multiple Concurrent Chronic Conditions, and Complexity
Measurement and Policy
NICE’s Cost-Effectiveness Threshold
Cost Effectiveness
The Value of Statistical Lives and the Valuing of Life, Michael Dickson
How Good Decisions Result in Bad Outcomes