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| name = Institute for Applied Epistemology and Medical Methodology (IFAEMM)
 
| name = Institute for Applied Epistemology and Medical Methodology (IFAEMM)
 
| established = 1994
 
| established = 1994
| head = Helmut Kiene
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| head = [[Helmut Kiene]]
 
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| location =  
 
| city = Freiburg
 
| city = Freiburg
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The '''Institute for Applied Epistemology and Medical Methodology (IFAEMM)''' is an affiliated institute of [[Wikipedia:Witten/Herdecke University|Witten/Herdecke University]]. It was founded in 1994 and is headed by [[Helmut Kiene]].
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The '''Institute for Applied Epistemology and Medical Methodology (IFAEMM)''' is an affiliated institute of [[Wikipedia:Witten/Herdecke University|Witten/Herdecke University]]. It was founded in 1994 and is headed by [[Helmut Kiene]]. A main research focus is in [[CIM]].
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The Institute describes its focus in the field of the development and application of scientific and medical research methods, in which the dignity, truth and freedom of the human being are given special consideration. A special concern is to realize in all research projects the reference to the epistemological foundations of the respective field.[1]
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The Institute describes its focus in the field of the development and application of scientific and medical research methods, in which the dignity, truth and freedom of the human being are given special consideration. A special concern is to realize in all research projects the reference to the epistemological foundations of the respective field.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|website=IFAEMM|title=Allgemeine Information|trans-title=General Information|url=http://www.ifaemm.de/F2_ueuns.htm|access-date=2021-09-25|language=de}}</ref>
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According to the Institute their work is based on the thought of occidental philosophers, scientists and doctors such as [[Wikipedia:Plato|Plato]], [[Wikipedia:Aristotle|Aristotle]], [[Wikipedia:Galileo Galilei|Galileo]], [[Wikipedia:Descartes,|Descartes,]] [[Wikipedia:Isaac Newton|Newton]], [[Wikipedia:Goethe|Goethe]], [[Wikipedia:Kant|Kant]], Fichte, Hegel, [[Rudolf Steiner|Steiner]], [[Ita Wegman|Wegman]], [[Wikipedia:Ludwig Wittgenstein|Wittgenstein]], [[Wikipedia:Ludwik Fleck|Fleck]], [[Wikipedia:Paul Weiss|Weiss]], [[Wikipedia:Ludwig von Bertalanffy|Bertalanffy]], [[Wikipedia:Karl Duncker|Duncker]], Martini, [[Wikipedia:Alvan R. Feinstein|Feinstein]], Goodwin.[1]  
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According to the Institute their work is based on the thought of occidental philosophers, scientists and doctors such as [[Wikipedia:Plato|Plato]], [[Wikipedia:Aristotle|Aristotle]], [[Wikipedia:Galileo Galilei|Galileo]], [[Wikipedia:Descartes,|Descartes,]] [[Wikipedia:Isaac Newton|Newton]], [[Wikipedia:Goethe|Goethe]], [[Wikipedia:Kant|Kant]], [[Wikipedia:Johann Gottlieb Fichte|Fichte]], [[Wikipedia:Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel|Hegel]], [[Rudolf Steiner|Steiner]], [[Ita Wegman|Wegman]], [[Wikipedia:Ludwig Wittgenstein|Wittgenstein]], [[Wikipedia:Ludwik Fleck|Fleck]], [[Wikipedia:Paul Alfred Weiss|Weiss]], [[Wikipedia:Ludwig von Bertalanffy|Bertalanffy]], [[Wikipedia:Karl Duncker|Duncker]], [[Wikipedia-de:Paul Martini (Mediziner)|Martini]], [[Wikipedia:Alvan R. Feinstein|Feinstein]], [[Wikipedia:Brian Goodwin|Goodwin]].<ref name=":0" />
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===Activities===
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====Clinical Studies====
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*A multi-centre, parallel-group, randomised controlled trial to assess the efficacy and safety of [[eurythmy therapy]] and [[tai chi]] in comparison with standard care in chronically ill elderly patients with increased risk of falling ([[ENTAiER]])<ref>{{Cite|last=Kienle|first=GS|last2=Werthmann|first2=PG|last3=Grotejohann|first3=B|last4=Kaier|first4=K|last5=Steinbrenner|first5=I|last6=Voigt-Radloff|first6=S|last7=Huber|first7=R|title=A multi-centre, parallel-group, randomised controlled trial to assess the efficacy and safety of eurythmy therapy and tai chi in comparison with standard care in chronically ill elderly patients with increased risk of falling (ENTAiER): a trial protocol|work=BMC Geriatr|date=17 Mar 2020|volume=20|issue=1|page=108|doi=10.1186/s12877-020-1503-6|PMID=32183768|pmc=PMC7076928}}</ref>
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*[[AMOS]] Anthroposophic Medicine Outcomes Study
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*Anthroposophic vs. conventional therapy for acute ear and respiratory infections: a prospective outcomes study ([[IIPCOS]]-Anthroposophy)
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*Mistletoe in cancer treatment (epidemiological prospective long-term study)
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====Therapy evaluations / systematic reviews / HTA reports====
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*Mistletoe in [[Wikipedia:Oncology|oncology]]
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*[[Wikipedia:Placebo effect|Placebo effects]] in medicine - critical studies
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*Placebo-verum interactions in clinical trials
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*Tendency for false-negative errors in randomized clinical trials
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*[[Anthroposophic medicine|Anthroposophic Medicine]], Health Technology Assessment Report
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====Clinical research methodology====
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*The demonstration of efficacy in medicine
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*Importance of [[Pluralism of methods|methodological pluralism]] and medical judgment for medicine
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*[[Cognition based medicine|Cognition-based Medicine]]
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*Single case / Case series - single case documentation in oncology
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*[[Wikipedia:Case report#Reporting%20guidelines|Case reporting guideline]]
    
==References==
 
==References==
 
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[[Category:Integrative medicine]]
 
[[Category:Integrative medicine]]
[[Category:Research]]
   
[[Category:Epistemology]]
 
[[Category:Epistemology]]
[[Category:Institute]]
   
[[Category:Stub]]
 
[[Category:Stub]]
 
[[Category:Germany]]
 
[[Category:Germany]]
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[[Category:Anthroposophic medicine]]
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[[Category:Medical research]]
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[[Category:Research institute]]
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