Recent scientific/intellectual movements in biomedicine

Public perceptions of the association between drug effectiveness and drug novelty in France during the COVID-19 pandemic

“…The notion of techno-scientific progress has been intertwined with biomedical advances [47] and the organization of modern medicine [48] at least since the eighteenth century. Health innovations are now ubiquitous and range from targeted drugs in genomic medicine [49] to imaging technologies based on Artificial Intelligence [50]. Innovations are introduced in medical practices at such a high pace that some of them remain on the market for short periods of time, before they are replaced with the next wave.…”

Does the evidence base on social determinants of health cross disciplinary boundaries? A review of reviews

“…Discrepancies such as these between social science and clinical research practices may be barriers discouraging collaboration between disciplines but further, exemplify the need for multidisciplinary teams. Furthermore, the predominance of evidence‐based medicine, a scientific/intellectual movement prioritizing the application of both clinical experience and scientific evidence, may de‐emphasize larger theoretical frameworks, and thus disincentivize collaboration between the basic and social sciences (Au, 2021).…”

Technology hype: Dealing with bold expectations and overpromising

“…While practitioners often speak of a paradigm (shift), commentators have characterized PM as a scientific/intellectual social movement (Juengst et al 2016;Au 2021), umbrella term (Pokorska-Bocci et al 2014, or socio-technical imaginary (Erikainen and Chan 2019;Strand 2022), among others. All these denominations bear value, depending on the question asked.…”