Nursing: Essentials of Evidence-Based Practice

The article discusses the basis for this quandary, providing examples of the real-world impact it has on diagnosis-seeking and treatment decision-making behaviors and how it might inform implementation of EBM practices.

Siminoff, L (2013).  Incorporating patient and family preferences into evidence-based medicine.  BMC Med Infom Decis Ma 13 (Suppl 3)  S6 doi: 10.1186/1472-6947-13-S3-S6

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4029304/