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Kirstin Borgerson
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Latest papers
An Epistemic Argument for Research-Practice Integration in Medicine.
The Journal of medicine and philosophy · 2018 · senior author
Reasoning, evidence, and clinical decision-making: The great debate moves forward.
Journal of evaluation in clinical practice · 2017
Theory, experience and practice.
Journal of evaluation in clinical practice · 2016 · senior author
Latest funding
- $41,438
The Ethics of Evidence: Social Value and Clinical Trial Design
CIHR · 2009 · Nominated PI
7 publications.
An Epistemic Argument for Research-Practice Integration in Medicine.
Bluhm R, Borgerson K
Reasoning, evidence, and clinical decision-making: The great debate moves forward.
Loughlin M, Bluhm R, Buetow S, Borgerson K, Fuller J
Theory, experience and practice.
Loughlin M, Fuller J, Bluhm R, Buetow S, Borgerson K
Are explanatory trials ethical? Shifting the burden of justification in clinical trial design.
Borgerson K
Resistance is not futile, but neither is it always justified.
Borgerson K
A third way: ethics guidance as evidence-informed provisional rules.
Borgerson K, Millum J
Valuing evidence: bias and the evidence hierarchy of evidence-based medicine.
Borgerson K
The Ethics of Evidence: Social Value and Clinical Trial Design
Principal investigators: Borgerson, Kirstin
Keywords: Clinical Research Ethics; Clinical Research Methods; Explanatory Trials; Pragmatic Trials; Social Value Of Research
From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.
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