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“Science and proven experience” : How should the epistemology of medicine inform the regulation of healthcare?

Författare

  • Annika Wallin
  • Lena Wahlberg
  • Johannes Persson
  • Barry Dewitt

Summary, in English

The Swedish medico-legal concept of “science and proven experience” is both legally important and ambiguous. The conceptual uncertainty associated with it can hamper effective assessment of medical evidence in legal proceedings and encourage medical professionals to distrust legal regulation. We examine normative criteria a functioning medico-legal notion should presumably meet, e.g. clarity, acceptability and consistency with existing laws. We also survey healthcare professionals to see how they understand science and proven experience and thus determine the extent to which their understanding meets the normative criteria. The survey suggests that medical professionals feel more certain about “science and proven experience” in the medical context than they do in a legal context. They still have substantial trust in the legal use of the notion, but they do not believe that legal professionals should be allowed to determine the meaning of “science and proven experience” in the legal context. With these results in mind, we argue that the best way to meet the normative criteria and resolve conceptual uncertainty is to specify sub-questions that clarify the notion. We recommend an analytical-deliberative approach that will close the gap between the medical and legal professions’ perceptions of how law and medicine relate.

Avdelning/ar

  • Vetenskap och Beprövad Erfarenhet (VBE)
  • Kognitionsvetenskap
  • Juridiska institutionen
  • Health Law
  • Teoretisk filosofi

Publiceringsår

2020-05-24

Språk

Engelska

Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie

Health Policy

Volym

124

Issue

8

Dokumenttyp

Artikel i tidskrift

Förlag

Elsevier

Ämne

  • Philosophy
  • Psychology
  • Law

Nyckelord

  • vetenskap och beprövad erfarenhet
  • discretion
  • evidence
  • law and science
  • Legal decision making
  • medical decision-making
  • Statutory interpretation

Aktiv

Published

Projekt

  • Science and Proven Experience

Forskningsgrupp

  • VBE
  • Health Law

ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt

  • ISSN: 0168-8510